{"id":11429,"date":"2017-03-08T00:55:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T08:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=11429"},"modified":"2017-03-08T00:55:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T08:55:12","slug":"giving-to-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/08\/giving-to-the-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving to the Poor"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Look carefully<\/strong> then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise<\/strong>,”<\/p>\n

“give, and it will be given to you<\/strong>. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Psalms 37:26\u00a0\u00a0He is ever lending generously<\/strong>, and his children become a blessing.<\/p>\n

Psalms 37:21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Psalms 112:5\u00a0\u00a0It is well with the man who deals generously and lends<\/strong>; who conducts his affairs with justice.<\/p>\n

Psalms 112:9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor<\/strong>; his righteousness endures forever;<\/p>\n

Deuteronomy 15:8\u00a0\u00a0but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, \u2018The seventh year, the year of release is near,\u2019 and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the LORD against you, and you be guilty of sin.\u00a0\u00a0You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.<\/p>\n

Job 31:16\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIf I have withheld anything <\/strong>that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,\u00a0\u00a0or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it\u00a0\u00a0(for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow),\u00a0\u00a0if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering,\u00a0\u00a0if his body has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,.<\/p>\n

Matthew 5:7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cBlessed are the merciful<\/strong>, for they shall receive mercy.<\/p>\n

Luke 6:35\u00a0\u00a0But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return<\/strong>, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 20:7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The righteous who walks in his integrity\u2014 blessed are his children after him!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Proverbs 24:33\u00a0\u00a0A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,\u00a0\u00a0and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.<\/p>\n

Giving is a heart choice and decision. \u00a0Giving has two aspects one is obedience and the other is true generosity. \u00a0In obedience to God and for His glory and honor we give to those in need. \u00a0God opens our eyes to see those around us and puts us on paths for generosity\/compassion\/mercy to be lived out. \u00a0When God shows you a need are you obedient? \u00a0Do you start your day with the choice to hear His voice concerning those in need? \u00a0Too many times we \u00a0are thinking too much about ours selves. \u00a0When we dwell on self our heart and ears are closed to God in this matter. \u00a0Everything we have has been given to us by God for His purpose not ours. \u00a0It is well for us to examine our heart and intents with all that God has given us. \u00a0Teach yourself to give, give freely, and be a vessel that honors and glorifies God through generousity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,” “give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” Psalms 37:26\u00a0\u00a0He is ever lending generously, and his … Continue reading “Giving to the Poor”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3186,2589,792,578,3190,3192,3199,1258,2223,3197,3188,3184,3191,3196,4,233,3198,3187,3189,3181,3185,181,581,3193,1040,3201,362,225,203,456,3200,3194,3182,3195,3183,1259,170,2342],"class_list":["post-11429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-back-to-you","tag-blessed-are-his-children","tag-blessing","tag-brother","tag-distributed-freely","tag-endures","tag-expecting-nothing","tag-fatherless","tag-forever","tag-freely","tag-gererousity","tag-give","tag-given-to-the-poor","tag-grudgingly","tag-heart","tag-justice","tag-lack","tag-lending","tag-lends","tag-look-carefully","tag-measure","tag-merciful","tag-needy","tag-open-you-hand","tag-perish","tag-poverty","tag-receive","tag-rest","tag-righteous","tag-sleep","tag-slumber","tag-sufficient-for-his-need","tag-unwise","tag-unworthy-thought","tag-walk","tag-widow","tag-wise","tag-withheld"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11429"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11434,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11429\/revisions\/11434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}