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Offline IronDioPriest

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Giving is the best communication
« on: September 14, 2013, 09:35:52 PM »
Truly beautiful.

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Re: Giving is the best communication
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2013, 05:55:31 AM »
Whew!
My room was dusty.
Got some dust in my eyes making them water

Thank you
I needed that
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Re: Giving is the best communication
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2013, 06:15:17 AM »
That was beautifully moving.  You just never know.
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Re: Giving is the best communication
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2013, 09:57:48 AM »
Wonderful.
Thanks for this IDP.
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Re: Giving is the best communication
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2013, 10:04:33 AM »
I remembered a sermon our pastor once delivered on "giving", and went looking for some of the things he cited. Found this tidbit...

Scripture on Giving, etc.
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” – Matthew 6:21

What else does scripture say about giving, money, possessions, greed, generosity, treasures, pearls, talents, pounds, stables, mammon, etc?

The word "Give" appears 921 times in the Bible, almost as many times as "Faith" (270), "Hope" (165), and "Love" (541) added together. Giving is an expression of faith, hope, and love.
Mentioned more than any other subject in the Bible
2 times more than Heaven and Hell combined
3 times more than love
7 times more than prayer
8 times more than belief
17 of 38 parables
15% of God’s Word
2,350 verses
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"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."

- Thomas Jefferson

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Re: Giving is the best communication
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2013, 10:37:02 AM »
Giving leaves me open to MORE.

More love, more beauty, more thankfulness.

I think of people I know who keep their hand closed tightly to hold on to all they have.  And I wonder if their hand isn't open how will they be able to receive the greater gifts that come their way.
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Re: Giving is the best communication
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2013, 02:47:08 PM »
I need a tissue...I must have caught a cold.

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