Why Give?
At Our Savior's Lutheran Church, we believe that giving is faith-based; that is, we give to God willingly and generously as an expression of our growing faith in and love of God.
What is a generous giver?
A generous giver is one who learns to:
(1) experience the joy of giving,
(2) live and give with an eternal perspective,
(3) model the proverb, “It is more blessed to give than to receive,”
(4) recognize that God owns everything and
(5) offer gifts as an act of worship.
Consider how these people from the past reflect this faith and generosity in their prayers of giving:
Profit is what we have left after we make a donation to a worthwhile cause." Marilyn Vos Savant
"Giving pays the highest interest rate, and has the longest term, of any investment available." Jeffrey K. Wilson
"One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty." Proverbs 11:24
"Whatever you spend is gone. What you keep, someone else gets. What you give is yours forever." Dr. Wil Rose
"The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. It is obvious that man is himself a traveler; that the purpose of this world is not 'to have and to hold' but 'to give and serve."
Sir Wilfred T. Grinfell
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." Norman MacEwan
Where Do I Begin?
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