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Wednesday, 29 March 2017

THREE REASONS WHY GIVING IS BETTER THAN LENDING


I have always thought that lending is a way of providing help until God showed me the flaws in lending. I lend money out to friends a lot of time but never for once did I see it from God’s point of view until now.


1.     Gets You Stuck and Disappointed

I made plans based on the money I borrowed to a friend. When it was time for me to get the money, I got excuses. I was able to sought out the challenge I had but I still didn’t understand. I made more plans based on that same money and got disappointed time and time again.


2.     Ruin Relationships

When the disappointments were getting too much, it resulted to harsh words and threats from my part towards my friend. Though he tried explaining, I couldn’t see reason in anything he was saying.


3.     Prevents You from Reaping the Benefits of Giving

“Give, and it shall be given unto you; in good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over shall men give unto your bosom”(Luke 6:38) – that’s the promise of the LORD, but all these are lost when a clause is attached to our giving. The reward that we might receive has been blocked by that clause to pay back.

Let’s try and let go of lending and embrace giving, and receive God’s blessings of giving.

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