PRAYER & COUNSEL: Father, I pray for giving in general. Father, you want us to be cheerful givers. You do not want us to give under compulsion. Because our giving is not consistent with the Scriptures, we are not realizing much from it. When we give, the right hand should not know what the left hand is doing. We must not blow trumpets for ourselves. Forgive us our sins. Release all held up blessings. Help us to always understand that it's not how much we give that is important to You, but the manner in which we give it. Help us to make corrections. In Jesus name we pray, Amen. I am believing God for the answered prayer. I do not doubt. I am not a gold digger. I am a Kingdom builder.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
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