Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to help the stranger, the widow, the fatherless; and, indeed, as far as it will go, to relieve the wants of all mankind? How can you, how dare you, defraud the Lord, by applying it to any other purpose?
John WesleyTag: money compassion christianity stewardship strangers wants possessions giving clothing help needs faithfulness sharing finances caring stealing necessities evangelism naked feed orphan widow hungry tithe fatherless
Why are...poor people more ready to share their goods than rich people? The answer is easy: The poor have little to lose; the rich have more to lose and they are more attached to their possessions. Poverty provides a deeper motivation for understanding your neighbors, welcoming others and attending to those who are suffering. I would go so far as to say that poverty helps you understand what happiness is, what serenity is in life.
Piero GheddoTag: happiness compassion empathy rich wealth christianity serenity suffering understanding selfishness motivation poverty possessions attachment giving sharing attention poor neighbor welcoming
The bread which you hold back belongs to the hungry; the coat, which you guard in your locked storage-chests, belongs to the naked; the footwear mouldering in your closet belongs to those without shoes. The silver that you keep hidden in a safe place belongs to the one in need. Thus, however many are those whom you could have provided for, so many are those whom you wrong.
Basil the GreatTag: compassion wealth poverty stewardship hunger sharing poor stealing naked
good dreams can be inspirations to bring in to make reality fantastic enough to share
Jay WoodmanTag: reality inspiration dreams sharing fantastic
I feel that all knowledge should be in the free-trade zone. Your knowledge, my knowledge, everybody's knowledge should be made use of. I think people who refuse to use other people's knowledge are making a big mistake. Those who refuse to share their knowledge with other people are making a great mistake, because we need it all. I don't have any problem about ideas I got from other people. If I find them useful, I'll just ease them right in and make them my own.
Myles HortonTag: thinking knowledge ideas community sharing
God comes right out and tells us why he gives us more money than we need. It's not so we can find more ways to spend it. It's not so we can indulge ourselves and spoil our children. It's not so we can insulate ourselves from needing God's provision. It's so we can give and give generously (2 Corinthians 8:14; 9:11)
Randy AlcornTag: money excess selfishness stewardship generosity giving sharing more spoil less spending corinthians
Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need.
Randy AlcornTag: excess scripture stewardship greed need giving sharing
Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving. (Look again at 2 Corinthians 8:14 and 9:11).
Randy AlcornTag: christianity excess god scripture stewardship giving sharing income assumption raise corinthians standard-of-living bonus increase
Giving up everything must mean giving over everything to kingdom purposes, surrendering everything to further the one central cause, loosening our grip on everything. For some of us, this may mean ridding ourselves of most of our possessions. But for all of us it should mean dedicating everything we retain to further the kingdom. (For true disciples, however, it cannot mean hoarding or using kingdom assets self-indulgently.)
Randy AlcornTag: purpose selfish cause possessions hoarding giving sharing kingdom surrender discipleship grip
How different our standard is from Christ's. We ask how much a man gives. Christ asks how much he keeps.
Andrew MurrayTag: christianity stewardship giving christ standards sharing keeping
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