Ps. Sebastian- Building God’s Church together - “A ministering church”

Points
1. Look out for others and be hospitable
2. Minister at all times
⁃ a minister is not a job title but an action. A minister is simply someone who tends to another person (please include this on the video ya)
3. Take someone under your wings. Find someone to disciple/mentor

Rev. Benedict Rajan- The Grace of Giving

Text: Acts‬ ‭20:1-2‬ ‭
“After the uproar had ceased, Paul called the disciples to himself, embraced them, and departed to go to Macedonia. Now when he had gone over that region and encouraged them with many words, he came to Greece”

Acts‬ ‭20:34-35‬ ‭

“Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me. I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ””

Purpose: Why Is It Blessed To Give Than To Receive?

A. God Loves A Cheerful Give
Loved of God

‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭9:7-8‬ ‭

Vs 7“So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Grudging Giving
Necessity Giving
Cheerful Giving

Promise

Vs 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.”

B Giving Triggers Receiving
To Break the Bondage of Poverty

Luke‬ ‭6:38‬ ‭

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.””
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C A Generous soul will be made Rich.

Proverbs‬ ‭11:24-25‬ ‭

“There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty. The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself.”
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Testimony of giving in faith

My wife and I have our own business which have been affected like many others currently. We have been living on daily basis barely collecting enough to make bill payments and to put food on the table.

When we saw Ps Rajan's sermon on faith giving. We Were moved and really wanted to sow into for all the good works he is doing in CCC, but we were worried about increasing our monthly commitment.

So after praying we decided to dedicate all the earnings on the 1st working day of the month as our faith offering. On 1/8/2019 we earned Rm390, and gave it as our faith offering even it meant giving all that we had.

God was very good to us throughout the whole month, we lacked nothing and started new projects which customers were willing to pay upfront for us to get the work done for them, which provided the capital needed.

At the end of the other month on closing the account, our whole month earnings was RM39000, all praise and glory to the Lord as he blessed us a 100 fold.

This month on 1/9/2021 we earned RM2700, for which we were very happy, that God has blessed us so much, that we are able be a blessing to others through CCCJB. God is very good.

Conclusion All to Jesus I Surrender
A
B Never grow weary in giving to God
Thank you for giving to God