(Proverbs 29v7)

GIVING TO THE POOR

Honours God; “Whoever is kind to needy honours God” (Proverbs 14v 30)

You will not be in want; “Those who give to the poor will lack nothing”-Proverbs 28v27

Lends to the Lord; “Those who are kind to the poor lend to the Lord and he will repay them for what they have done”-Proverbs 19v17

Give of your bread; “The generous will themselves be blessed for they share their food with the poor” (Prov 22v9) “Share your food with the hungry” (Isaiah 58 v 7)

Don’t harden your heart; “If anyone is poor…do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. Rather be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need

God will bless what you put your hand to: “…give generously…and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.” (Deut 15v10)

Having just watched ‘Invisible Children’ again, (arrived less than a week after ordering it from America), am convinced from where I sit in comfort with all I could want or hope for…that I am blessed to BE a blessing… that as Brooke Fraser sings in her song Albertine; “Now that I have seen I AM RESPONSIBLE, faith without deeds is dead Now that I have held you In my own arms I cannot let go till you are...”

This week we decided to eat cereal once a week for dinner, giving the money we could have potentially spent on that meal towards the house for orphans we want see built in Uganda. After tucking into our cereal, today we received an unexpected $50 in the mail and a note “Have a family ice-cream and coffee break on me” Such cool proof for our children that you just can’t out give God Thanks Ray!

More on what we’re doing to build the house and how you can help to follow…

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