Quotes About Generosity

Nowhere are the generosity and the kindness and mercy of God more manifest than in repentance.

God has a way of giving by the cartloads to those who give away by shovelfuls.

Because nothing is greater and we have no greater need, God gives God.

Do we give thanks to God 'for his unspeakable gift' and His rich blessings so abundantly bestowed upon us?

The question is not, how much of what is mine do I give to others. The question is, how much of what is God's do I reserve for myself. The answer we give is a faith issue, a stewardship issue.

But, oh, Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself thy crown!

God sends us the poor to try us.... And he that refuses them a little out of the great deal that God has given lays up poverty in store for his own posterity.

God chooses people not for what He can do for them, but for the good they can do for others.

God expects believers to improve their attitude in giving as well as their giving itself.

The generous giver, demonstrating the nature of God by his behavior, can never outgive God.

God demonstrates generosity, then asks it from His people.

God ought to be given the choice portion of our wealth and not its dregs.

Giving to God should come from the firstfruits of a person's labor rather than from what is left after the bills are paid.

God is not a miser with his grace. Your cup may be low in cash or clout, but it is overflowing with mercy.

When you give a gift to one of God's children, you give a gift to God.

Some people find the gift of salvation. For others the gifts are smaller: a kind word, a good deed. But all the gifts are from God.

Riches, both material and spiritual, can choke you if you do not use them fairly. For not even God can put anything in a heart that is already full.

It is good for us to think that no grace or blessing is truly ours till we are aware that God has blessed some one else with it through us.

God never closes off horizons; He is never unconcerned about the lives and sufferings of His children. God never allows Himself to be outdone in generosity.

Give sacrificially. We don't like risky faith. We like to have our safety net below us. But we miss the adventure of seeing God provide when we've really stretched ourselves in giving.

Give voluntarily. When we catch a vision of God's grace, we will give beyond our duty.

No human being can prevent you from giving. Because no human being controls God's agenda.

We receive from God, then we give to others.

Uncle Scrooge preferred to let the poor die "and decrease the surplus population." Scrooge may not have had God on his side, but his arithmetic was impeccable.