Not reluctantly or under compulsion
Submitted by Ron on Tue, 09/02/2010 - 3:34pm
The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each of you must give, as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver and God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.
God loves a cheerful giver. The Bible tells us that God loves a cheerful giver. The term ‘cheerful’ in the Greek is the word ‘hilaron’, from which we get the word ‘hilarious’. It is so important that when we give, we do it cheerfully. Not grudgingly like the infamous Mr. Scrooge.
God loves a cheerful giver!