Jesus said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). “Why?” asks Randy Alcorn, “Perhaps because when we give it blesses not one but three parties—God, the recipient, and us….By not giving, we don’t just rob God or rob others of blessing. We rob ourselves of the rewards God wants to give us. On the wall of President Lyndon Johnson’s White House office hung a framed letter written by General Sam Houston to Johnson’s great-grandfather, Baines more than a hundred years earlier. Baines had led Sam Houston to Christ. Houston was a changed man, no longer coarse and belligerent but peaceful and content. The day came for Houston to be baptized—an incredible event for those who knew him. After his baptism Houston offered to pay half the local minister’s salary. When someone asked him why, he said, ‘My pocketbook was baptized too.’ Martin Luther similarly said, ‘For each of us there must be not only the conversion of the heart and mind but also the conversion of the purse.’”
Randy Alcorn’s First Law of Reward: “Giving Brings Greater Blessing Than Receiving”
Posted: August 15, 2012 in Book ReviewsTags: Martin Luther, President Lyndon Johnson, Randy Alcorn, Sam Houston, The Law of Rewards, white house office
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