Doesn't matter who you are or how much money you make. Yes you can give. We make up all kind of excuses why we don't have the money to give. The same week we go and buy something new for ourselves. We are saying that we don't trust God to provide if we give to him. Let's say our income was reducedd by 10% right now. Would we die? How about 20% No..That means we can afford to give we just don't want to.
Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes. That's one child every five seconds. There were 1.4 billion people in extreme poverty in 2005.
Did you know? In 2008, nearly 9 million children died before they reached their fifth birthday. One third of these deaths are due directly or indirectly to hunger and malnutrition.
I don't believe a virtuous woman, one that loves God can sit and ignore this information. We just can't sit here and do nothing. Who else is going to take action but Gods people? I mean really, do we really need another new something?
God says, “If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered” (Proverbs 21:13). In Isaiah 58:6-10, God says that His willingness to answer our prayers is directly affected by whether we are caring for the hungry, needy, and oppressed.
I encourage everyone to read the book The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn.
One thing he says is : There are many roadblocks to giving: unbelief, insecurity, pride, idolatry, desire for power and control. The raging current of our culture—and often our churches—makes it hard to swim upstream. It’s considered “normal” to keep far more than we give.
But I’m convinced that the greatest deterrent to giving is this: the illusion that earth is our home. Where we choose to store our treasures depends largely on where we think our home is.
The Bible says we’re pilgrims, strangers, aliens on earth (Hebrews 11:13). We’re ambassadors representing our true country (2 Corinthians 5:20). “Our citizenship is in heaven” (Philippians 3:20). We’re citizens of “a better country—a heavenly one” (Hebrews 11:16).
Jesus said "store up for yourselves treasures in heaven" (Matthew 6:20)
Give to those who have need. (Deut. 15:11; Matt. 5:42)
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