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Faith Promise Principles

What is a Faith Promise? Also known as

“Grace Giving”

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It works!

Introduction:

Faith Promise Principles Introduction:

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An amount you trust God to provide through you for world missions.

A step of faith that God will provide.

An identification with the step of faith taken by missionaries.

Faith Promise Principles Introduction

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A commitment between you and God.

. A privilege of joining in God’s work

Introduction: Faith Promise Principles

Puppies

The tithe

A church pledge you owe the church budget.

A commitment to be followed up by another person


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A foolish commitment, but a commitment based on communication with God

. “Look what I have done,” but “Behold what God has done!”


“But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth,

and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.”

Deuteronomy 8:18

Faith Promse Principles Principle # 1

Ability koach Hebrew – “power, create, innovate, strength, capacity”

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Faith Promise Principles Principle # 2

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God’s blessings seal our covenant relationship with Him

Deuteronomy 8:18



Isaiah 49:8

“This is what the Lord says: In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances”


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Comes out of relationship Genesis 22

God’s blessings require a commitment of faith

God’s blessings require an obedient faith

God’s blessings become a witness to faith


Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.


Our Giving should be Generous Giving

To sow sparingly is to reap sparingly


To sow bountifully is to reap bountifully. The

secret is SOWING!

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II Corinthians 9:7

“Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”

Our giving should be personalized giving


II Corinthians 9:7 Our Giving should be personalized giving

Our hearts should lead us in giving

We should never give under compulsion

We should always give cheerfully


II Corinthians 9:8 “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.”

Our Giving releases God’s great blessing


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II Corinthians 9:8

Our Giving releases God’s great blessing

He makes all grace abound to us

He gives us all we need

He causes us to abound to every good work


II Corinthians 8:1 - 3 … grace … Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.

…They gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability

Our giving should challenge and stretch us


Principle # 7 Faith Promise Principles

They gave out of extremepoverty

The Macedonians gave when they were under a most severe trial

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They gave beyond their ability

Yet they gave with overflowing joy

II Corinthians 8: 1 - 3

Principle # 7 Faith Promise Principles

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They urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing ….

…but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God’s will”

II Corinthians 8: 1 - 3

They gave themselves first

before their resources

They pleaded for the opportunity to give

We should always give OURSELVES first!


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Principles That WORK

Grace Giving: Working Together for the Kingdom

We should combine our gifts to accomplish

the work of kingdom We should care one

for another


Grace Giving: Working Together for the Kingdom

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II Corinthians 8: 4, 5

“…but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God’s will”

We should always give OURSELVES first!

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The beginning of fruitful Investment

Principles That WORK


What is YOUR Commitment?

Faith Promise Principles Principles That WORK

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