After several weeks of asking the question: "What if I didn't give.....?" we finish the stewardship series with the affirmation, "But I Do Give..."
In part, our giving affirms our faith in God, who will use those gifts for good. We give our gifts like the sower in Mark who casts out the seed, trusting that our gifts will find fertile ground and grow. We have some control over how our gifts are used, but they are a gift for the future, a act of trust in the God who has a plan for the future.
Our Call to Worship is adapted from Psalm 24, which reminds us that all the earth is the Lord's. That affirmation also provides a foundation for our returning gifts to God.
We return again to Paul's second letter to the Corinthians to hear the reminder that we give out of our abundance. God gives extravagently to us ; we respond by giving our gifts back to God.
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