Givers and Takers
Are you a giver or a taker? What do I mean by that? Let me give you some examples. ► Do you freely give of your time, money, talents, and spiritual gifts to your church body or do you take of the programs of the church without offering any help? Or even worse, your help is in the form of criticism? ► Do you sit and listen to a sermon each Sunday that took a lot of prayer, energy and hard work in expectation of what God has to say or do you sit without really listening or viewing it as a critiquing exercise? ► Do you take for granted having a place to worship and choose to withhold your tithe or do you cheerfully give? ► Do you give encouragement to those who need it or do you choose to be silent, even when you know someone is discouraged? ► Do you read another person's blog and offer words of encouragement or do you read without leaving a comment 99% of the time? ► Do you expect God to bless you without offering anything to Him in return? ► Do take, take