EVEN THOUGH GOD WANTS US TO GIVE OFFERINGS, GOD IS INTERESTED IN MORE THAN JUST THE OFFERING

· GOD DOES NOT NEED THINGS

o Acts 17:23-25

o Psalms 24:1

· GOD IS INTERESTED IN THE GIVER NOT JUST THE GIFT

o Genesis 4:3-7

· GOD DESIRES TO FIX OUR BROKEN FRIENDSHIP WITH HIM

o Malachi 3:6-8

· GOD DESIRES FAITH IN OUR GIVING

o 1 Kings 17:8-14

· GOD WANTS US TO KNOW HIM BETTER(JOHN 17.:3 – ETERNAL LIFE)

o Hosea 6:6

· GOD DESIRES US TO SHOW RESPECT BY OBEYING HIM

o 1 Samuel 15:22

· GOD DESIRES TO IMPROVE THE FRIENDHIP BETWEEN US AND HIS OTHER CHILDREN

o Matthew 23:23

o Micah 6:6-8

o Amos 5:21-25

WHY OUR GIVING MATTERS

· OUR GIVING MATTERS BECAUSE OF WHAT IT SHOWS

o Our Respect/Honor

· Malachi 1:6-8

· Deuteronomy 14:22-23

o Our Obedience

· 2 Corinthians 9:12-13

o Our Love

· Luke 7:40-47

o Our Thankfulness

· Luke 19:1-10

· John 12:1-8

o Our Faith

· Hebrews 11:17-19

o What’s important to us

· Luke 12:29-34

· Mark 10:17-22

· Luke 16:13

· 1 Kings 17:13-14

o Our understanding of our role (caretakers versus owners)

· Mark 12:1-12

· 1 Chronicles 29:1-18

o Our understanding of our citizenship

· 1 Chronicles 29:15

· Hebrews 11:8-10

· OUR GIVING MATTERS BECAUSE OF WHAT IT DOES (IT ACHEIVES GOD’S PLAN)

o Provides for the ministry, it’s workers and those in need

· Malachi 3:10

· Numbers 18:20-21

· Deuteronomy 14:27-29

o Builds our friendship with other believers

· Acts 4:32-35

· 2 Corinthians 8 & 9

o Witnesses to the world

· John 13:34-35

· John 17:20-23

· 2 Corinthians 8:24

o Builds friendship between other believers and God

· 2 Corinthians 9:10-13

· Matthew 5:16

o Builds our friendship with the Father

· Deuteronomy 14:23

· Malachi 3:7-8

WHAT MAKES OUR GIVING ACCEPTABLE TO GOD

· WHY WE GIVE

o Matthew 6:1-4

o Acts 8:14-23

· HOW WE FEEL ABOUT GIVING

o Malachi 1:10-13

· OUR FAITH

o Hebrews 11:4

o Hebrews 11:17-19

· WHAT’S MOST IMPORTANT TO US

o Luke 12:29-34

o Mark 10:17-22

· OUR OBEDIENCE

o 1 Samuel 15:22

· OUR FRIENDSHIP WITH OTHERS

o Matthew 5:23-24

· OUR HONESTY IN HOW AND WHAT WE GIVE

o Acts 5:1-11

· WHAT WE GIVE

o Malachi 1:6-8     

· WHETHER WE GIVE THINGS THAT MATTER TO US

o 1 Chronicles 21:22-25

o Mark 12:41-44