Danby House
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
( Proverbs 28:27 )
We had a question in Sunday School about giving, specifically to pan handlers and beggars and people who “don’t deserve it.” These situations can be tricky but the best guidance is always to know what the scripture says.
Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.( 2 Corinthians 9:7 )
We give because we want to be blessed, not because we want to give a blessing:
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
( Acts 20:35 )
What are we here for anyway, as ambassadors of Christ?
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
( Isaiah 58:7 )
Giving is good for us. Just as withholding is bad for us.
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
( Deuteronomy 15:7-11 )
Harden thine heart? What happens if I harden my heart against the poor, over and over again?
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
( Matthew 24:12 )
If you don’t want to give, don’t give, but don’t be afraid to give.
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
( Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 )
Matty (Headwind) 