The Spiritual Power of Giving Offerings

Proverbs 3:9-10¹ – “Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.”

Has it ever occurred to you that God is not just interested in what we offer Him but also in how and why?

Let us explore the truth and revelation about the spiritual power of giving. Here are five (5) leading questions:

• Why do you think God emphasizes the attitude of the heart when we give?
  • Giving Is Worship: The story of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4:3–5², teaches a great lesson. God is concerned not just with what we give, but how and why we give. In the realms of the spirit, offering is an act of heartfelt worship, not just a ritual.
  • God Loves and Blesses Cheerful Givers: In 2 Corinthians 9:6–8³, we understand that giving is sowing  and the harvest is proportionate to what we sow. God blesses those who give cheerfully, not under compulsion.
  • Offerings Reflect Our Faith and Trust: In Malachi 3:10⁴, we learn that tithes and offerings are a faith declaration that God is our provider. That is why, God does not force any man to give Him an offering or tithes but He honours those who give!
  • Giving Opens the Door for Overflow: Consider Luke 6:38⁵ – “Give, and it will be given to you…” The principle of reciprocity in God’s kingdom — we receive as we release.
  • Jesus Observes Our Giving: Mark 12:41–44⁶ tells a story of the Lord watching as worshippers gave their offerings; and subsequently praising a widow’s offering. As we give, Jesus watches and sees the heart behind the offering. What is important is not about amount, but about sacrifice and devotion. What you give must cost you something!
• What does it mean to you personally to “honor the Lord with your substance”?
• Can you share a time when giving led to a breakthrough or unexpected blessing in your life?
• Why do you think Jesus praised the widow’s small offering over the large sums of the rich?
• How can we cultivate a spirit of generosity in our daily lives, beyond the church setting?

Prayer Focus

“Lord, help us to give not out of duty, but out of love and faith. Teach us to trust You with our resources and to honor You with our substance. We want to worship You through our giving. In Jesus’ name, amen.”

Referenced Scriptures

1. Proverbs 3:9-10 (KJV): Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. ↩︎
2. Genesis 4:3-5 (KJV): And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. ↩︎
3. 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 (KJV): But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: ↩︎
4. Malachi 3:10 (KJV): Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. ↩︎
5. Luke 6:38 (KJV): Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. ↩︎
6. Mark 12:41-44 (KJV): And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. ↩︎