FREEWILL GIVING IN CHRISTIANITY

By Joseph Donkoh

Are you a freewill giver? Do you sometimes get weary for supporting a godly cause? Or you don’t even see the need to give freely for godly cause? Do you know your freewill giving can become memorial in heaven even if you are not a Christian?
Don’t wait till you become rich or situations improve before you give to support the church, the needy and the community. Situation may even get worse but you can still give freely even in your necessity.
I was born into a Christian family where my father was a freewill giver. My father had a physical reward for his freewill giving which he used to encouraged me to be generous. Growing up, I am not only giving money freely to widows and the needy, but I also use my time to help in the church activities. During my teaching time at the senior high school, I taught people privately in Economics, Management and Mathematics without charging those who were relatively poor.
There are always opportunities to give your time, material or money willingly and freely to support your church, the needy and your community. You will be blessed for giving freely for godly cause.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Jan 18, 2024
• ISBN: 9798369494462

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1 What Is Freewill Giving and Offering?

Chapter 2 All Belong to God

Chapter 3 God First Gave to Man

Chapter 4 Giving Back to God Is a Must

Chapter 5 A Cheerful Giver

Chapter 6 People Who Gave or Sacrificed to God

Chapter 7 Giving to Men of God

Chapter 8 Giving to the Needy

Chapter 9 Offering

Chapter 10 Services

Chapter 11 Thanksgiving

Chapter 12 Giving as a Ministry

Chapter 13 Giving as a Church

Chapter 14 Benefits of Giving

Chapter 15 Overcoming the Barriers to Freewill Giving

Dedication

I dedicate this book to my late father, Paul Kojo Donkoh. Daddy, you were not only a freewill giver but you also influenced me to become a freewill giver.

Acknowledgement

First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty God for giving me the strength, wisdom, revelation and guidance to write this book.

I have to thank my wife, Hagar for giving me all the necessary support in my journey of freewill giving and in writing this book.

Rev Mrs. Florence Asante Darteh of All Nations Christian Centre (Accra, Ghana), thank you for the impact you had in my life. It was during my time with the church and especially, you that I started writing this book.

I acknowledge my pastor, Rev Elijah Ranasinghe and the entire church members of Christ Revival Church (Melbourne, Australia) for their prayer support.

Rev David Thompson of Resurrection Power Demonstration Ministries (Ho, Ghana), thank you for your prayer, encouragement and the time you spent to read through and contributed to the script.

I also acknowledge Prophet Hayford Obeng Agyei of Charismatic Church of Christ International (Bronx, USA) for his prayer support. Prophet, I thank you so much for you have never stopped praying for me.

Emmanuel Akomaning and Eric Ofori, God richly bless you for giving freely and willingly to support the publication of this book. I really appreciate your financial support.

God bless you all.

Preface

Why should I spend time reading this book? Are you a freewill giver and want to know more? By reading this book, you can become a freewill giver even if you are not already doing so. The writer is someone who has been a freewill giver from childhood and continues to give freely his money, time and other resources to support godly cause.

This book is about how God has freely given to us and the need to give back to the church, the needy, the community and any godly cause. The book also reveals how people gave freely in the bible, the benefits they derived and how to overcome the barriers of freewill giving.

For the church, money is needed not only to put up the physical building but also to meet all the expenses of the church. In the church, there are people who may need support to meet their needs. As a freewill giver, you can give to support the church and the needy members. Outside the church,