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379the heavens, where a thief doesnot get near nor moth consumes."Prov . 23 :26 "My son, give methy heart ."Heb . 13 :15, 16 "Through himlet us always offer to God asacrifice of praise, that is, thefruit of lips which make publicdeclaration to his name. Moreover,do not forget the doing ofgood and the sharing of thingswith others, for with such sacrificesGod is well pleased ."Rom . 12 :8 "He that distributes,let him do it with liberality ."Rom . 13 :8 "Do not be owinganybody a single thing, except tolove one another ; for he thatloves his fellow man has fulfilledthe law."Acts 4 :32 "Moreover, the multitudeof those who had believedhad one heart and soul, and noteven one would say that any ofthe things he possessed was hisown, but they had all things incommon ."Christian Gifts of Mercy NotNecessarily Regularly Given tothe Congregation, or Its AppointedServants, but to RelieveNeedy Brothers andExpand Preaching WorkJas . 2 :15, 16 "If a brother ora sister is in a naked state andlacking the food sufficient forthe day, yet a certain one of yousays to them . 'Go in peace, keepwarm and well fed,' but you donot give them the necessities fortheir body, of what benefit isit?"Rom . 15 :26 "For those in Macedoniaand Achaia have beenpleased to share up their thingsby a contribution to the poor ofthe holy ones in Jerusalem ."Phil . 4 :14-17 "Nevertheless, youacted well in becoming sharerswith me in my tribulation . Infact, you Philippians, also knowthat at the start of declaringthe good news, when I departedfrom Macedonia, not a congregationtook a share with me inTithingthe matter of giving and receiving,except you alone, because,even in Thessalonica, you sentsomething to me both once and asecond time for my need . Notthat I am earnestly seeking thegift, but that I am earnestlyseeking the fruitage that bring',more credit to your account ."Christians Today Entrust "Faithfuland Discreet Slave" Societywith Material Means to Carryon Kingdom WorkActs 11:29, 30 "So those of thedisciples determined, each ofthem according as anyone couldafford it, to send a relief ministrationto the brothers dwellingin Judea ; and this they did, dispatchingit to the older men bythe hand of Barnabas and Saul ."2 Cor . 9 :1-5 "Now concerningthe ministry that is destined forthe holy ones it is superfluousfor me to write you, for I knowyour readiness of mind of whichI am boasting to the Macedoniansabout you, that Achaia hasstood ready now for a year, andyour zeal has stirred up the majorityof them . But I am sendingthe brothers, that our boastingabout you might not prove emptyin this respect, but that you mayreally be ready, just as I usedto say you would be. Otherwise,in some way, if Macedoniansshould come with me and findyou not ready, we-not to say you-should be put to shame inthis assurance of ours . ThereforeI thought it necessary to encouragethe brothers to come to youin advance and to get ready inadvance your bountiful gift previouslypromised, that thus thismight be ready as a bountifulgift and not as something extorted_"2 Cor . 9 :11-13 "In everythingyou are being enriched for everykind of generosity, which producesthrough us an expressionof thanks to God ; because theministry of this public serviceis not only to supply abundantly