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What's Your
Motivation
Andrew Wommack
“Take heed that ye do not your alms
before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father
which is in heaven.” -
Matthew 6:1
The
motive behind our gift is more important than the gift itself.
Paul said
if he gave all of his goods to feed the poor, or if he made the ultimate
sacrifice of giving his own life for someone else, and wasn't motivated by
love, his gift would profit him nothing (1
Corinthians 13:3).
Many
Christians give faithfully but never see the hundredfold return that the Lord
promised because of wrong motives (Mark
10:29-30).
Paul said
God loves a cheerful giver - not one who gives grudgingly or out of debt (2 Corinthians 9:7).
Jesus
gave us the key to purifying our motives in this same teaching.
He said, 'But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know
what thy right hand doeth' (Matthew
6:3).
Giving in
a manner in which you will not receive recognition for your gifts will
guarantee that your motives are right and grant you the true joy that comes
through selfless giving (Acts 20:24).
Ask the
Lord to show you an opportunity today to give a kind word or a helping hand to
someone who will not be able to repay you and others will never know about it.
This
could be a motorist in a traffic jam, a co-worker, a spouse, a child who won't
even notice your kind deed, or any number of other people. Opportunities are
all around us.
God called us to teach the truth of the Gospel to the body of Christ with special emphasis on God’s unconditional love and the balance between grace and faith.
God called us to teach the truth of the Gospel to the body of Christ with special emphasis on God’s unconditional love and the balance between grace and faith.
We are doing our best to fulfill that call by teaching at
conferences, in churches, on radio and
television, by training
others at Charis Bible College, and by developing ministry materials designed to help you
in your relationship with the Lord.
Andrew & Jamie Wommack
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