{"id":2801,"date":"2017-01-12T21:53:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T21:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=2801"},"modified":"2017-01-12T21:53:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T21:53:27","slug":"give-live-experiencing-gods-abundance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2017\/01\/12\/give-live-experiencing-gods-abundance\/","title":{"rendered":"Give to Live: Experiencing God’s Abundance"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to giving, Bill and Melinda Gates are considered \u201cchart toppers.\u201d One year, they gave $60 billion to such causes as a cure for HIV\/AIDS and malaria, and the prevention of mother and child deaths. But since they are still listed among the wealthiest families in the world, we can assume that they still have financial reserves.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s contrast that gift for secular causes to the biblical account of a widow giving her last two copper coins (worth less than a cent) into the Temple treasury. Jesus observed, \u201cAll these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on\u201d (Luke 21:3-4). She may have zeroed out her bank account, but she was practicing a \u201cGive to Live\u201d principle: She gave expecting God to bless her obedience. Philippians 4:19, \u201cGod will meet all your needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bible says \u201cthe Earth is the Lord\u2019s\u201d (Psalm 24), so we can spiritually bank on His unlimited resources. Paul described them as \u201cglorious riches\u201d (Ephesians 3:16). Some of us may hear that phrase and think of massive piles of money, but to understand what Paul was referring to, we need only flip back to Ephesians 2:4\u20135, \u201cBecause of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ.\u201d God\u2019s riches include His mercy. He uses it to add abundance to our living as a follower of Christ.<\/p>\n

Imagine a child obeying a parent\u2019s request and that parent punishing the child by not allowing him\/her to eat dinner with the family that night. Jesus put that scenario to rest. Matthew 7:11, \u201cIf you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!\u201d So if abundant provision is a human parental reaction, what kind should we expect from our heavenly Father? We can expect Him to bless our obedient giving with generous resourcing!<\/p>\n

About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"stantoler-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Stan Toler has served as a general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene as well as a pastor for over 40 years in Ohio, Florida, Tennessee, and Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

Stan Toler has written over 100 books, including his best-sellers, God Has Never Failed Me, But He\u2019s Sure Scared Me to Death a Few Times; The Buzzards Are Circling, But God\u2019s Not Finished With Me Yet; God\u2019s Never Late, He\u2019s Seldom Early, He\u2019s Always Right on Time<\/em>; The Secret Blend; The Relational Leader; Practical Guide to Pastoral Ministry;<\/em> The Inspirational Speaker\u2019s Resource,<\/em> ReThink Your Life<\/em>, his popular Minute Motivator<\/em> series, If Only I Could Relate To The People I\u2019m Related To and his newest book, Outstanding Leadership. <\/em>His books have sold over 3 million copies.<\/p>\n

Toler for many years served as Vice-President and taught seminars for John C. Maxwell\u2019s INJOY Leadership Institute training church and corporate leaders to make a difference in the world.<\/p>\n

He and his wife, Linda, an educator, have two married sons, Seth (Marcy) and Adam (Amanda), and five grandchildren Rhett, Davis, Wren Olivia Clara Jane and Bennett.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":2802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[578,577,576,574,536],"class_list":{"0":"post-2801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stewardship","8":"tag-abundance","9":"tag-finances","10":"tag-give-to-live","11":"tag-stan","12":"tag-stewardship","13":"entry"},"title_es":"Dar a Live: Experimentar la Abundancia de Dios","content_es":"Cuando se trata de dar, Bill y Melinda Gates se consideran "primeros en las listas." Un a\u00f1o, dieron $ 60 mil millones a causas tales como una cura para el VIH \/ SIDA y la malaria, y la prevenci\u00f3n de la madre y el ni\u00f1o muertes. Pero ya que todav\u00eda se encuentran entre las familias m\u00e1s ricas del mundo, podemos suponer que todav\u00eda tienen reservas financieras. Comparemos ese regalo para las causas seculares a la cuenta b\u00edblica de la viuda dando sus \u00faltimas dos monedas de cobre (vale menos de un centavo) en el tesoro del templo. Jes\u00fas observ\u00f3, "Todos ellos echaron en la ofrenda de lo que les sobraba; pero ella, de su pobreza ech\u00f3 todo lo que ten\u00eda para vivir "(Lucas 21: 3-4). Ella puede haber llevado a cero su cuenta bancaria, pero ella estaba practicando un principio "Give to Live": ella dio a esperar que Dios bendiga su obediencia. Filipenses 4:19, "Dios proveer\u00e1 a todas sus necesidades, conforme a las riquezas de su gloria en Cristo Jes\u00fas." La Biblia dice que "la tierra es del Se\u00f1or" (Salmo 24), por lo que podemos banco espiritualmente en sus recursos ilimitados. Pablo los describe como "gloriosas riquezas" (Efesios 3:16). Algunos de nosotros podemos o\u00edr esa frase y pensar en montones enormes de dinero, pero para entender lo que Pablo se refer\u00eda, s\u00f3lo tenemos que dar la vuelta de nuevo a Efesios 2: 4-5, "A causa de su gran amor por nosotros, Dios, que es rico en misericordia, nos dio vida con Cristo. "Las riquezas de Dios incluyen su misericordia. \u00c9l lo utiliza para agregar la abundancia a nuestra vida como un seguidor de Cristo. Imag\u00ednese a un ni\u00f1o obedeciendo a solicitud de los padres y que los padres castigar al ni\u00f1o por no permitirle \/ ella para comer la cena con la familia esa noche. Jes\u00fas puso ese escenario para descansar. Mateo 7:11, "Si, pues, aun siendo malos, saben dar cosas buenas a vuestros hijos, \u00bfcu\u00e1nto m\u00e1s vuestro Padre que est\u00e1 en los cielos dar\u00e1 cosas buenas a los que le piden?" As\u00ed que si es una provisi\u00f3n abundante la reacci\u00f3n de los padres humana, \u00bfqu\u00e9 clase debemos esperar de nuestro Padre celestial? Podemos esperar que bendiga nuestra obediente dar con generosa dotaci\u00f3n de recursos! Sobre el Autor<\/strong> \"stantoler-1\"<\/a> El Dr. Stan Toler ha servido como superintendente general de la Iglesia del Nazareno, as\u00ed como un pastor por m\u00e1s de 40 a\u00f1os en Ohio, Florida, Tennessee y Oklahoma. Stan Toler ha escrito m\u00e1s de 100 libros, incluyendo sus \u00e9xitos de ventas, Dios nunca me ha fallado, pero est\u00e1 seguro de que me dio miedo a la muerte un par de veces; Los halcones est\u00e1n dando vueltas, pero Dios no est\u00e1 terminado conmigo; Nunca tard\u00edo de Dios, \u00c9l es raramente temprano, \u00e9l est\u00e1 siempre en el momento justo;<\/em> La mezcla secreta; El l\u00edder relacional; Gu\u00eda Pr\u00e1ctica de Pastoral;<\/em> Recursos del orador inspirador,<\/em> reconsiderar su vida,<\/em> su popular serie Motivador minuto,<\/em><\/em> si s\u00f3lo pudieran relacionarse con la gente que estoy Para relacionada y su m\u00e1s reciente libro, liderazgo sobresaliente.<\/em> Sus libros han vendido m\u00e1s de 3 millones de copias. Toler durante muchos a\u00f1os se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como vicepresidente y ense\u00f1\u00f3 seminarios para la formaci\u00f3n de la iglesia Instituto de Liderazgo INJOY de John C. Maxwell y l\u00edderes corporativos para hacer una diferencia en el mundo. \u00c9l y su esposa, Linda, un educador, tiene dos hijos casados, Seth (Marcy) y Adam (Amanda), y cinco nietos Rhett, Davis, Wren Olivia Clara Jane y Bennett.","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/01\/Stan-Toler-Seminars-2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-Jb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}