Right Living; Right Giving: A Spiritual Journey to a Generous Lifestyle
By Craig A. Dunn, Larry Moore and Stan Toler
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This book is full of helps for keeping the joy in your Kingdom living and giving. Its transformational concepts will expand your Christian worldview. And its Scripture applications will give you Scripture road maps for pursuing a victorious Christian life.
Written by authors who have vast experiences in pastoral, leadership, and finance ministries, their insights will be of great value to you on your spiritual journey.
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Right Living; Right Giving - Craig A. Dunn
Copyright ©2017 by Craig A. Dunn, Larry Moore & Stan Toler All rights reserved
Copyright ©2017 RIGHT LIVING, RIGHT GIVING: A Spiritual Journey to a Generous Lifestyle Craig A. Dunn, Larry Moore & Stan Toler
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover
Title page
Copyright
Introduction
1. Real Financial Security
2. Safe from Recession
3. Everything is a Gift
4. He Will Carry You
5. God is Not a Scrooge
6. Use the Right Theorem
7. A Sure-Fire Investment
8. It’s Time to Give
9. Like a Parent Gives
10. Whatever You Need
11. Faithful Always
12. Sow with a Full Hand
13. Reaping Joyfully
14. Exercise Your Giving
15. An Ancestry to Cherish
16. It Means a Tenth
17. Thankfulness and Stewardship
18. Wise Worship
19. How to Grow Your Future
20. Divided Focus
21. Invest Your Heart
22. So Many Things to Love
23. Obedience is Love
24. A Dedicated Plan
25. Hoarding
26. Unwilling Sacrifice
27. Ultimate Servanthood
28. Lord of All
29. The Joy of Sharing
30. Not-So-Instant Rewards
31. A Penny Earned
32. Contentment Meltdown
33. Could You Give it All Away?
34. Flying Both Flags
35. The Grief of Greed
36. The Giving Wall
37. Christ-Filled and Christ-Like
38. One-Hundred-Percent
39. Plan Before You Build
40. Watch Out for Weeds
41. Pay it Forward
42. A Legacy of First Fruits
43. Prince and Pauper Alike
44. Willing Response
45. The Name on Every Account
46. Honor the Source
47. Abundant Responsibility
48. Right Preparation
49. The Right Ingredients
50. God’s Measuring Cup
51. Blessed and Blessing
52. Lauren’s Choice
53. Trust and Trustees
54. What God Asks
55. When I Grow Up
56. Power of the Checkbook
57. Ambidextrous Giving
58. Layer on Layer
59. Beyond the Valedictorian’s Address
60. The Worst Invader
61. Godliness Index
62. Refresh by Refreshing Others
63. Beginning at Home
64. On the Jericho Road
65. Greedy Inheritance
Meet the Authors
Remember: A stingy planter gets a stingy crop; a lavish planter gets a lavish crop. I want each of you to take plenty of time to think it over, and make up your own mind what you will give. That will protect you against sob stories and arm-twisting.
God loves it when the giver delights in the giving.
God can pour on the blessings in astonishing ways so that you’re ready for anything and everything, more than just ready to do what needs to be done. As one psalmist puts it,
He throws caution to the winds, giving to the needy in reckless abandon.
His right-living, right-giving ways never run out, never wear out.
This most generous God who gives seed to the farmer that becomes bread for your meals is more than extravagant with you. He gives you something you can then give away, which grows into full-formed lives, robust in God, wealthy in every way, so that you can be generous in every way, producing with us great praise to God.
2 Corinthians 9:6-11, MSG
INTRODUCTION
The challenges of right living and right giving go all the way back to Bible times. In the story of Cain and Abel, Cain's offering was given impulsively and disobediently, while Abel's was given out of love and obedience to God. The fallout was disastrous. Cain’s jealousy led him to murder his brother and spend the remainder of his life as a restless wanderer
(Genesis 4:12).
Wrong motives for doing right things often put a glitch in our daily activities. They even affect how we worship on the weekend. Trading joy for duty results in a dull emptiness. And watching others rejoice in worship can arouse feelings of resentment.
We pray that Right Living, Right Giving will be transformational. We offer you time-proven insights for living triumphantly and giving generously. And we hope these concepts will also help you in your development of a Christian worldview.
The Scriptures are highly relevant to these issues. We have personally discovered that God’s directions are accompanied by the promises of His supply. They are absolute truths that contrast the world’s conditionals.
And they are positive in providing spiritual security in troubled times.
In gratitude to our Lord, each of us has served His church in ministry for nearly four decades, in pastoral leadership, or financial services. And what we have learned from our on-site experiences, we delight to share with you. We believe Right Living, Right Giving will be of great value to you, as you continue to make Kingdom values a priority in your life.
Craig A. Dunn, Larry Moore & Stan Toler 2017
1
REAL FINANCIAL SECURITY
Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture
(Psalm 37:3)
Gordon heard his pastor speak on biblical principles for giving tithes and offerings, but he wasn’t buying it. Did God expect him to give blindly before he knew how the month would shake out? What assurance did he have that he could provide for the things he needed?
The words of the Psalmist provide valuable answers:
Trust the Lord and do good.
Do what is right, in this case giving to God in obedience to His Word.
Dwell in the land.
Rest in the security of His provision of grace.
Enjoy safe pasture.
Trust God to resource and protect you right where you are, not just where you hope to be.
The truest financial security is trusting God with our resources and believing that He will supply what we need, when we need it. Estimating His worth is futile. Psalm 50:12b,