The Joy and Blessing of Offering

Acts 20:35 In all things I have shown you by example that toiling in this way we ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

1 Corinthians  4:7 For who distinguishes you? And what do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though not having received it?

Job  1:21 And he said, Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, And naked I will return there. Jehovah gives and Jehovah takes away; Blessed be the name of Jehovah.

All that we have we are from the Lord; He is the source of all blessings and supplies. He has been faithfully supplying all our needs great or small, even beyond what we can ever imagine. He provides richly according to His riches much beyond our mere human needs. As a loving heavenly Father, He blesses us freely and gives abundantly. To all His goodness and greatness, we can only thank and praise Him. 

Romans 11:36 Because out from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

When such a loving Father has bestowed upon us His blessings richly, offering Him back from what He has given is the least, we, His children could do. This is exactly what my wife and I have been graced to do.

We have been graced to offer the three plots of residential land that we purchased a few years ago in Chennai for the present need of the land that the churches in India are purchasing for the blending and training of the saints in the churches in India. Therefore, we mailed a brother personally:

Dear Brother .....

As the Lord blesses, it is our blessing and honour to be graced to participate in the Chennai Land Project. As this is also our consecration to the Lord through the church in Gurugram as our family offering, it will be helpful to know the value as valued by the brothers for our information to the church. 

Amen to whatever the brothers' valuation of the plots is. Please do let us know the valuation to be informed to the church in Gurugram.

May the Lord gain us much more even through this experience.

In Him,Palmei & JaneIt is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:35b  

After several months, I received a fellowship from the brothers that the lands could not be sold at the present time and they plan to transfer it to the church society. The actual need of the moment is cash that can be used for the project. I told the brother that I can offer cash instead, from another investment after prayer and fellowshipping with my wife. 

We did have a fellowship and we agreed in one accord to offer cash instead, from another investment, then we transferred the money online, and wrote a mail to the brother again.

Dear Brother .....

As per the fellowship of the brothers that you conveyed to me during the SOT in Trivandrum concerning the three plots of  VIP Housing Urban Grounds 2 that we offered for the Chennai Land Project, that it could not be sold at this time and the consideration to transfer the land to the church in Chennai society. We felt good to pay cash directly instead, as our burden is to offer for the Chennai Land Project. Though the amount in cash we have from another investment is not as much as the three plots purchased value, still to meet the need and also to fulfill our consecration to the Lord, we have transferred Rs. ----------------

All that we have is from the Lord, and we count it all joy and blessing to be graced to participate in the Lord's move in India.

May the Lord gain us much more even through this experience.

In Him,Palmei & JaneIt is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:35b  

Thus in this way, we have been graced to experience the blessing of giving from what the Lord has blessed and given to us. In the word of Job, Jehovah gives, and we give back to Jehovah, blessed be the name of the Lord.