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Giving requires having
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Giving requires having

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Can a person whose heart is filled full of hate, resentfulness, and bitterness bring forth joy, peace and love to other people's lives?
Gal 5:
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Can a person whose mind is filled with thoughts of doubt, discouragement and despair bring inspiration and hope into the lives of others around him?
2Cr 4:
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
8 [We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but not in despair;
9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

Can a shipwrecked soul, a burned out light bulb, be a source of light in the household of God?
1Ti 1:
18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

Do men gather figs and grapes from thistles and thorn bushes?
Luk 6:
44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

Can a blind man safely lead other blind men across streets filled with heavy traffic?
Luk 6:
39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

Brethren! In order to be able to give, you must first have.
Luk 11:
36 If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

In order to have, you must first receive.
Mat 13:
12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

In order to receive you must first ask.
Jhn 16:
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

In order to ask you must find.
In order to find you must seek.
Jer 29:
13 And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

Jesus said, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven and the Father will grant the increase."
Mat 6:
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.