When someone is trouble help. Don't wait to be
asked. Remember, it is better to give than to receive.
And when we give we are like God, for God is the greatest of givers.
Give whatever you can even if it is little. But give. Never hesitate to give even your last penny. For that is the way of the people of God.
Don't excuse yourself from giving. For there can be no excuse from that. Even a beggar can give from what he has begged from others.
Don't ignore the people who work tirelessly to spread the love of God. They make great sacrifices for the sake of others. So others must make great sacrifices for them.
If you give only to those who ask from you, how will you ever reward those who do not ask because they do not wish to trouble you with their burdens? Such people are more worthy of your giving. It is they that you must attend to first.
You cannot worship God as long as you ignore those who are in need.
You love God by loving those He created. And you cannot love anyone without giving away something of value.
Loving is giving. And giving is to part with something that the other needs, even if such giving hurts the one who gives.
Some people have made a business out of serving God. Every truth is bought and sold. Every message is attached to a request for help. Yet there are others who work for God alone and unseen. They make no requests, at least not persistent ones. They work passionately despite many hardships. Is their suffering to go on unrelieved? Will people give only to those who make overt. persistent requests? Such an outcome is lamentable. Let people reach out to those who suffer silently for God.
And when we give we are like God, for God is the greatest of givers.
Give whatever you can even if it is little. But give. Never hesitate to give even your last penny. For that is the way of the people of God.
Don't excuse yourself from giving. For there can be no excuse from that. Even a beggar can give from what he has begged from others.
Don't ignore the people who work tirelessly to spread the love of God. They make great sacrifices for the sake of others. So others must make great sacrifices for them.
If you give only to those who ask from you, how will you ever reward those who do not ask because they do not wish to trouble you with their burdens? Such people are more worthy of your giving. It is they that you must attend to first.
You cannot worship God as long as you ignore those who are in need.
You love God by loving those He created. And you cannot love anyone without giving away something of value.
Loving is giving. And giving is to part with something that the other needs, even if such giving hurts the one who gives.
Some people have made a business out of serving God. Every truth is bought and sold. Every message is attached to a request for help. Yet there are others who work for God alone and unseen. They make no requests, at least not persistent ones. They work passionately despite many hardships. Is their suffering to go on unrelieved? Will people give only to those who make overt. persistent requests? Such an outcome is lamentable. Let people reach out to those who suffer silently for God.
Praying
for someone is a great gift that one gives to another. Yet let praying
not be an excuse for not giving, for not acting desirably, for not
parting with something that the other needs. Giving in its most genuine
form must hurt. For you have not given anything until you have satisfied
another even at the cost of inconveniencing yourself.
We are told to pray, for prayer is essentially an acknowledgement of who God is and why we need Him. We pray because we need to commune with God. And we need to commune with God because we are incomplete without Him. We pray for others because we are called to intercede for others. Sometimes we pray for others because we cannot do anything else for them. But let us not just pray for others when we can do something else, which will relieve their suffering. Let us not use prayer as an excuse for not acting in a way that will inconvenience us. Such prayer cannot really please God.
.We are told to pray, for prayer is essentially an acknowledgement of who God is and why we need Him. We pray because we need to commune with God. And we need to commune with God because we are incomplete without Him. We pray for others because we are called to intercede for others. Sometimes we pray for others because we cannot do anything else for them. But let us not just pray for others when we can do something else, which will relieve their suffering. Let us not use prayer as an excuse for not acting in a way that will inconvenience us. Such prayer cannot really please God.
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