TSK · Luke 11:41

Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him.

The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

Ignorance of the Future Demands Diligence in the Present Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.

Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged.”

Pure-hearted Giving“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!

He said also to the man who had invited him,“When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him,“One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Peter Raises Dorcas Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha(which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.

and said,‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings,

But as you excel in everything– in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you– make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their adversity and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.