Chapter 40—Freewill Offerings
All that we do is to be done willingly. We are to bring our offerings
with joy and gratitude, saying as we present them, Of Thine own we
freely give Thee. The most costly service we can render is but meager
compared to the gift of God to our world. Christ is a gift every day.
God gave Him to the world, and He graciously takes the gifts entrusted
to His human agents for the advancement of His work in the world.
Thus we show that we recognize and acknowledge that every thing
belongs to God, absolutely and entirely.—
Manuscript 124, 1898
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The offering from the heart that loves, God delights to honor,
giving it highest efficiency in service for Him. If we have given our
hearts to Jesus, we also shall bring our gifts to Him. Our gold and
silver, our most precious earthly possessions, our highest mental and
spiritual endowments, will be freely devoted to Him who loved us, and
gave Himself for us.—
The Desire of Ages, 65
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Thank and Trespass Offerings
Come to the Lord with hearts overflowing with thankfulness for
past and present mercies, and manifest your appreciation of God’s
bounties by bringing to Him your thank offerings, your freewill offer-
ings, and your trespass offerings.—
The Review and Herald, January
4, 1881
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Grudging Gift a Mockery to God
God has made men His almoners, copartners with Himself in the
great work of advancing His kingdom on the earth; but they may
pursue the course pursued by the unfaithful servant, and by so doing
lose the most precious privileges ever granted to men. For thousands
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of years God has worked through human agencies, but at His will He
can drop out the selfish, the money-loving, and the covetous. He is
not dependent upon our means, and He will not be restricted by the
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