In (Acts 20:35) we see the Apostle Paul sharing one of the most important words by Jesus on Christian giving in the Bible: “…And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” This is one of the great spiritual laws in the Bible – when you give you get blessed!
As Christians we are mandated by the Scriptures to give of our time, talents, and treasury to others as the Lord blesses us. And the exciting thing is the more we give to advance the kingdom of God as well as help our fellow man the more the Lord will bless us.
Below are a variety of quotes on Christian giving that I pray will stimulate you to be a generous giver. I guarantee you will be blessed!1
“The more you give, the more comes back to you, because God is the greatest giver in the universe, and He won’t let you outgive Him. Go ahead and try. See what happens.” – Randy Alcorn
“In all of my years of service to my Lord, I have discovered a truth that has never failed and has never been compromised. That truth is that it is beyond the realm of possibilities that one has the ability to out give God. Even if I give the whole of my worth to Him, He will find a way to give back to me much more than I gave.” – Charles Spurgeon
“God gives us things to share; God doesn’t give us things to hold.” – Mother Teresa
“The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God.” – C.S. Lewis
“Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving. (Look again at 2 Corinthians 8:14 and 9:11).” – Randy Alcorn
“Downsizing so that others might upgrade is Biblical, Beautiful, and nearly unheard of.” – Francis Chan
“Live simply so others may simply live.” – Mother Teresa
“The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.” – Corrie Ten Boom
“It’s what you sow that multiplies, not what you keep in the barn.” – Adrian Rogers
“A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God’s.” – Tim Keller
“God has a way of giving by the cartloads to those who give away by shovelfuls.” – Charles Spurgeon
“God doesn’t look at just what we give. He also looks at what we keep.” – Randy Alcorn
“God doesn’t need us to give Him our money. He owns everything. Tithing is God’s way to grow Christians.” – Adrian Rogers
“Christian giving is to be marked by self-sacrifice and self-forgetfulness, not by self-congratulation.” – John Stott
“Giving is true having.” – Charles Spurgeon
“There is an inequitable distribution of both goods and opportunities in this world. Therefore, if you have been assigned the goods of this world by God and you don’t share them with others, it isn’t just stinginess, it is injustice.” – Tim Keller
“Abundance isn’t God’s provision for me to live in luxury. It’s his provision for me to help others live. God entrusts me with his money not to build my kingdom on earth, but to build his kingdom in heaven.” – Randy Alcorn
“Seek to give much — expect nothing.” – Jonathan Goforth
“Those who give much without sacrifice are reckoned as having given little.” – Erwin Lutzer
“He promises that if we give, He will pour out a greater blessing on our lives.” – Crystal McDowell
“God judges what we give by what we keep.”- George Mueller
“If I and a need meet, God must have had in mind my filling it.” – Jack Hyles
“A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present. – Thomas Fuller
1 All of the quotes listed here are from the following two websites:
Loved the quotes! Thank you for sharing them, it always blesses me to read them. I can simply say that His promises are true and that He never fails. I’ve seen the goodness of God in my life and the lives of my children and can testify that it is more blessed to give than to receive!