“As for me, my life has already been poured out as an offering to God. The time of my death is near. 7) I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful.”
2 Timothy 4:6-7 NLT
“As for me, MY LIFE HAS ALREADY BEEN POURED OUT LIKE A DRINK OFFERING to God...”
2 Timothy 4:6 NLT
This changes everything. For years, I thought offering time was limited to giving online, or the collection plate that they used to pass around while the ushers collected them. Paul said no, you got it wrong.
📝 We often view offering time as a VERB instead of a NOUN.
📝 YOU are the offering.
That is why, when Christ came into the world, he said to God, “You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings. But you have given me A BODY TO OFFER.
Hebrews 10:5 NLT
“As for me, my life has already been poured out as an offering to God. THE TIME OF MY DEATH IS NEAR.”
2 Timothy 4:6 NLT
“SO TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
Psalms 90:12 NKJV
HOW WILL YOU SPEND YOUR DAYS?
Acts 20:35 tells us how to spend our days….
“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’ ””
Acts 20:35 NKJV
📝 Will you spend the majority of your days just RECEIVING, or will you spend the majority of your days GIVING?
“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.’ ””
Acts 20:35 NKJV
You must support the babies, children, next generation, the orphans, the widows, the less fortunate…get outside of yourself, AND SEE OTHERS.
📝 • Giving is a matter of SEEING.
“But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. AND WHEN HE SAW HIM, he had compassion.”
Luke 10:33 NKJV
📝 • Giving is a matter of DOING.
“So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.”
Luke 10:34 NKJV
📝 • Giving is a matter of IMITATING.
“Then David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly: “O Lord, the God of our ancestor Israel, may you be praised forever and ever!”
1 Chronicles 29:10 NLT
“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth IS YOURS, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.”
1 Chronicles 29:11 NLT
“Wealth and honor COME FROM YOU ALONE, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and given strength.”
1 Chronicles 29:12 NLT
““O our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name! But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to you? EVERYTHING WE HAVE HAS COME FROM YOU, AND WE GIVE YOU ONLY WHAT YOU FIRST GAVE US!”
1 Chronicles 29:13-14 NLT
““O Lord our God, even this material we have gathered to build a Temple to honor your holy name COMES FROM YOU! IT ALL BELONGS TO YOU!”
1 Chronicles 29:16 NLT
📝 Everything’s that I HAVE, God first HAD.
📝 Nothing that I have is ORIGINAL. It all belonged to GOD FIRST.
📝 Your God is A GIVER.
“Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; LET THEM HAVEdominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.””
Genesis 1:26 NKJV
The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth HE HAS GIVEN to mankind.
Psalm 115:16 NIV
Maybe this is why Paul said in 2 Timothy…
“As for me, MY LIFE HAS ALREADY BEEN POURED OUT LIKE A DRINK OFFERING to God. The time of my death is near.”
2 Timothy 4:6 NLT
Maybe this is why Paul said in Acts 20:35
“….IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE’ ””
Acts 20:35 NKJV
“Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that abounds TO YOUR ACCOUNT.”
Philippians 4:17 NKJV
Message Title:
THE COUNT THAT MATTERS
📝 Giving isn’t about MANIPULATION. Giving is about MULTIPLICATION.
“I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; AND YOU SHALL BE A BLESSING.”
Genesis 12:2 NKJV
Here’s Heaven’s question to you on that day…
WHAT DID YOU DO WITH WHAT I GAVE YOU?
““Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted HIS MONEY to them while he was gone.”
Matthew 25:14 NLT
“He gave five bags of silver to one, two bags of silver to another, and one bag of silver to the last—dividing it in proportion to their abilities. He then left on his trip.”
Matthew 25:15 NLT
““After a long time their master returned from his trip and CALLED THEM TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF HOW THEY USED HIS MONEY.”
Matthew 25:19 NLT
“The servant to whom he had entrusted the five bags of silver came forward with five more and said, ‘Master, you gave me five bags of silver to invest, and I HAVE EARNED FIVE MORE.’”
Matthew 25:20 NLT
““The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together! ’”
Matthew 25:21 NLT
“I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back. But the master replied, ‘YOU WICKED AND LAZY SERVANT…”
Matthew 25:25-26 NLT
““Then he ordered, ‘Take the money from this servant, and give it to the one with the ten bags of silver.”
Matthew 25:28 NLT
“TO THOSE WHO USE WELL WHAT THEY ARE GIVEN, EVEN MORE WILL BE GIVEN, AND THEY WILL HAVE AN ABUNDANCE. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away.”
Matthew 25:29 NLT
“TO THOSE WHO USE WELL WHAT THEY ARE GIVEN, EVEN MORE WILL BE GIVEN…”
Matthew 25:29 NLT
📝 The way to MORE, is through GIVING.
• For the believer, giving should be a PRIORITY.
Paul dedicated his life to it, indicating that it was a priority to him declaring,
“As for me, MY LIFE HAS ALREADY BEEN POURED OUT LIKE A DRINK OFFERING to God...”
2 Timothy 4:6 NLT
📝• You make giving a priority by REMEMBERING.
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.”
James 1:17 NKJV
““And YOU SHALL REMEMBER THE LORD YOUR GOD, FOR IT IS HE who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.”
Deuteronomy 8:18 NKJV
Remember the one who gave you the power to get wealth, but also remember the one who gave us His all.
“For God so loved the world that HE GAVE HIS ONLY begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16 NKJV
WHAT’S CAUSING YOU TO BE AFRAID TO GIVE?
📝 •When you remember, you keep your HEART in the right place.
““Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO.”
Matthew 6:19-21 NKJV
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