Here is some of it.
You should give sacrificially, you should give joyfully, and you should give graciously. You must give and connect that giving to the gospel. I only have what I have because of the unstinting generosity of God, the grace of God, and therefore, I give, radically, this gift to him. If you’ve actually experienced his grace, if you know his love, if you dote on him, if your heart rests in his grace, you will love to give. On the cross, Jesus Christ had everything taken away from him to pay for our sins, to save us. Jesus Christ gave to the point where he lost this life! He lost his life for you. Whenever I see somebody who grasps the grace of God, the costly grace of God in Jesus Christ, it changes your heart so you can give sacrificially and joyfully. See, anything you really, really love, you always have to stop yourself from spending. If you are shaped by the grace of Christ so much that you give radically and joyfully, then your money becomes a form of grace because your money keeps ministries going, which liberates people spiritually. Your money helps the poor and the aliens and the widows, which liberates people physically. Look at what Jesus Christ did by giving himself away. Father, make us a generous congregation. Make us generous people.
Habbakuk 3:17-18, "Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation."
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