GIVING

[nell porter-lokey sisters]

“GIVING”

FIRST OF ALL WHEN WE GIVE, WE GIVE AS UNTO THE LORD.

IN ORDER FOR US TO BE BLESSED, WE HAVE TO GIVE, NOT ONLY OUR LOVE, BUT OUR SUBSTANCE.  IF YOU GIVE TO GET SOMETHING IN RETURN--THEN YOU HAVE LOST YOUR REWARD FROM THE LORD.  WE GIVE IN OBEDIENCE, NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING, BUT WE GIVE FROM THE HEART, KNOWING THAT WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD, AND WHEN WE NEED SOMETHING-GOD WILL PROVIDE.  GOD HAS NEVER FAILED US, BUT WE HAVE NOT, BECAUSE WE GIVE NOT.  IF YOU SEE YOUR BROTHER IN NEED, AND CLOSE UP YOUR BOWELS(YOUR HEART, AND CONCERN-MOST OF GOD’S PEOPLE LOOK AT THE NEED, AND PASS ON BY, AND SAY “LET SOMEONE ELSE GIVE, I DON’T HAVE IT TO GIVE, IF I GIVE, I WANT HAVE ENOUGH FOR MY NEED”  THIS IS GREED, AND GOD CAN NOT, AND WILL NOT PROVIDE YOUR NEED, WHEN YOU THINK LIKE THIS-THIS IS NOT FAITH.  WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD.  WE SAY A LOT, BUT OUR ACTIONS, ARE FAR FROM WHAT GOD REQUIRES. HEB.  11-6- AND WITHOUT FAITH, IT IS IMPOSSIBEL TO PLEASE GOD, BECAUSE ANYONE THAT COMES TO HIM, MUST BELIEVE THAT HE EXIST, AND THAT HE REWAEDS THEM THAT EARNESTLY SEEK HIM.  JN.  16-24-UNTIL NOW YOU HAVE NOT ASKED FOR ANYTHING, IN MY NAME(JESUS) ASK, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE, AND YOUR JOY WILL BE COMPLETE.  MATT:21-22- AND ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK IN PRAYER, BELIEVING, YE SHALL RECEIVE.

BELIEVING- THIS IS THE KEY WORD, WE ASK AND RECEIVE NOT BECAUSE WE ASK AMISS. JAMES 4-3 YE ASK , AND RECEIVE NOT, BECAUSE YE ASK AMISS, THAT YE MAY CONSUME IT UPON YOUR LUST.

THIS SAY’S TO ME THAT WE ARE ASKING SELFISH, HAVE A SPIRIT, OF I HAVE GOT TO HAVE THIS, WE DON’T HAVE TO HAVE ANYTHING THAT IS NOT IN GOD’S WILL.  WE ARE STINGY, AND AS LONG AS WE DON’T OBEY WHAT THE WORD SAY’S, WE WILL HAVE TO DO WITHOUT TO SEE THE NEEDS OF OTHERS.  WHEN ARE OUR EYES GOING TO BE OPENED?  WE DON’T RECIVE, WHEN WE ARE WALKING AROUND WRINGING OUR HANDS, AND BEGGING , WE RECEIVE WHEN GOD MOVES ON US, AND SAYS FOR US TO DO SOMETHING, AND WE DON’T OBEY, HIS VOICE.  I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS REGARDLESS OF MY NEED--IF GOD SHOWED ME TO DO SOMETHING TO DO IT--THIS IS THE ONLY WAY OUR NEEDS WILL BE MET--

THRU OBEDIENCE.  IF WE HAVE ONE PIECE OF BREAD, AND GOD SAYS GIVE IT AWAY THEN WE WILL BE BLESSED THRU OBEDIENCE IF WE GIVE IT AWAY, BUT IF WE GIVE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE PLENTY, AND OUR HEART IS NOT WILLING, THEN DON’T LOOK FOR ANYTHING, BUT A STRAP ON YOUR BUTT, AS THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET, UNTILL YOU SEE WHAT GOD IS TRYING TO DO.  HOW CAN WE SAY -WE HAVE FAITH, AND DON’T OBEY THE SMALL THINGS THAT GOD SAYS!!!  WHEN WE DO THIS--WE ARE LIARS, AND SELF RIGHTEOUS.  SOMETIMES WE ARE TRIED, AS THE LITTLE WIDOW WAS, HOW MANY TIMES--HAVE WE FAILED, BY OUR GREEDY-STINGY WAY’S?  ALL LIARS SHALL HAVE THEIR PART IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.  GOD IS GOING TO BURN ALL THE HELLS OUT OF YOU, WHEN WE SAY, AND DON’T DO, THEN GOD WILL CAST US INTO HIS FIRE--HE IS A CONSUMING FIRE-THIS FIRE WILL BURN UP THE CHAFF IN US-THE CHAFF IS ALL OF OUR WAYS, WE ARE NOT IN GOD’S SPIRIT WHEN WE SAY, AND DO NOT THIS IS DISOBEDIENCE, AND THIS IS WHY SOME OF GOD’S SO CALLED CHILDREN ARE GOING THRU THE FIRE.  HE GAVE US THE HOLY GHOST, AND FIRE-THE HOLY GHOST WILL GUIDE US, AND BRING US INTO HIM--WHICH IS PERFECTION.  WE WILL SEE HIM AS HE IS, AS WHEN WE HAVE THE FLESH CONSUMED, THEN WE WILL BE JUST LIKE HE IS.  SON’S OF GOD, BROUGHT FORTH BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, FROM FLESH INTO HIS SPIRIT, OBEYING WHAT THE FATHER SAYS-UNTO THE CHURCH--IN ORDER TO BE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST WE HAVE TO BECOME OBEDIENT--IN ALL THINGS.

JAMES: 4-17- THEREFORE TO HIM THAT KNOWETH TO DO GOOD, AND DOETH IT NOT, TO HIM IT IS SIN. 

SIN IS A TRANSGRESSION OF GOD’S LAW.  GOD’S LAW IS NOT THE LAW OF MOSES.  GOD’S LAW IS :MATT:  22-37-JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD, WITH ALL THY HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIND.38- THIS IS THE FIRST, AND GREAT COMMANDMENT. 39- AND THE SECOND IS LIKE UNTO IT, THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THY SELF. 40-ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS HANG ALL THE LAW, AND THE PROPHETS.  JN. 14-15 IF YOU LOVE ME KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.  LUKE 6-38- GIVE, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU, GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, AND SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING OVER, SHALL MEN GIVE UNTO YOUR BOSUM.  1^ST COR.  16-2- UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK(SUNDAY) LET EVERYONE OF YOU LAY BY IN STORE, AS GOD HATH PROSPERED HIM, THAT THERE BE NO GATHERINGS WHEN I COME.

PAUL TOLD THEM WHAT TO DO- AND SAID I DON’T WANT TO COME TO YOUR HOUSE TO GATHER WHAT IS GOD’S ALREADY, AND NOT YOURS, SO IT APPEARS THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE STINGY, AND DISOBEDIENT IN THAT DAY TOO.  LET US BE OBEDIENT, AND GIVE GOD BACK HIS PART, OUT OF WHAT HE HAS GIVEN US, HE HAS BLESSED ALL OF US--WE HAVE TO GIVE BACK IN ORDER TO RECEIVE.  ASK-IF YOU

HAVE BEEN OBEDIENT.  SEEK IF YOU HAVE BEEN OBEDIENT-FIND WHAT YOU NEED-IF YOU HAVE BEEN OBEDIENT TO GOD’S VOICE-IF YOU HAVE OBEYED HIM, AND HIS VOICE, AND PUT HIM FIRST-FIXED A CAKE FOR SOMEONE ELSE, THEN YOU CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE BARRELL TO BE FILLED, AND THE CRUISE OF OIL TO BE REFILLED, BUT IF YOU HAVE KEPT BACK GOD’S PART--DON’T EXPECT ANYTHING, BUT A STRAP ON YOUR BUTT, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE.  GOD IS WAITING ON US!!   GOD TOLD ME TO FEED HIS SHEEP--THIS IS WHAT I AM DOING--IF WE WANT THE BLESSINGS OF GOD--THEN WE NEED TO BECOME A BLESSING .  WE HAVE TO BECOME OBEDIENT --IN ALL THINGS-TO BECOME AS HE IS.  HE GAVE HIS ALL-LOOK WHAT HE DID -WHEN THE PEOPLE WERE HUNGRY-HE FED THEM. HE WILL TAKE CARE OF US, IF WE OBEY HIS WORD.  GIVING -IS PART OF HIS WORD. I’M NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING-I’M JUST THE INSTRUMENT HE IS USING, TO TELL US HOW TO RECEIVE.  LOVE YA-NELL