A Promise From God

A Promise From God

I. Introduction

A. Philippians 4:19 (NAS) And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

II. How Does God Meet My Needs?

A. When you have a , plant a !

1. II Corinthians 9:6 (NAS) Now this I say, he who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully.

2. Galatians 6:7 (NAS) Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.

3. “It’s illogical to when you don’t have your own needs met.”

a. Isaiah 55:8 (NAS) “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

4. Human solutions for having my financial needs met (especially when I’m in debt):

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5. God’s solution for having my financial needs met:

a. !

6. Luke 6:38a (NAS) “, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap.”

7. Hebrews 11:6 (NAS) Without faith it is impossible to please God.

B. with the right .

1. II Corinthians 9:7 (NAS) Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

2. Attitudes God desires in my giving:

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3. How do you get a cheerful attitude about giving?

a. Remember the when you’re giving.

i. II Corinthians 9:10 (NAS) Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

b. Remember God’s .

4. Why does God love a cheerful giver?

a. Because is a cheerful giver!

5. II Corinthians 8:7-8 (NLT) ⁷Since you excel in so many ways—you have so much faith, such gifted speakers, such knowledge, such enthusiasm, and such love for us—now I want you to excel also in this gracious ministry of giving. ⁸I am not saying you must do it, even though the other churches are eager to do it. This is one way to prove your love is real.

a. God says, “Your giving really reveals how much you Me!”

C. to meet your needs.

1. II Corinthians 9:8 (NAS) And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed.

2. The issue in giving is, “How much do I really God?”

III. How Do I Prove God Exists?

A. “You prove My existence by !”

1. All through the Bible, God says, “The first 10% of your income goes to Me in gratitude for the and in for the future!”

2. Malachi 3:10 (NAS) “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.”

3. God says, “ Me! Prove Me! I dare you! See if I really exist!”

4. God doesn’t need your ! God wants what your money represents: !

5. Deuteronomy 14:23c (LB) The purpose of tithing is to teach you always to put God first in your lives.