Doctrine of Giving

Giving is an act of worship, a remembrance of the sacrificial gift of Jesus Christ.
Giving is a mental attitude of grace and inner happiness rather than an amount donated.
Giving must originate from free will apart from coercion, emotional manipulation, or legalistic pressure. Giving is an expression of the royal priesthood of the believer in privacy and freedom.
Giving is a privilege associated with grace.
Giving is a soul activity. Since giving commemorates God's grace, the believer must give on the basis of virtue and integrity.
Giving is an extension of the daily function of GAP.
Bible doctrine and virtue-love motivate giving.
Giving depends on grace orientation. Grace orientation depends on understanding the divine way of operating and relating that operation to the Christian life.
Money given in the Lord's work must be properly administered.
Rebound and the resultant filling of the Holy Spirit is a prerequisite for giving with proper motivation.
Grace giving is divine good motivated by doctrine, not human good motivated by approbation lust, coercion, emotion, guilt, peer pressure, or desire for prestige.
God provides everything for giving—both the mental attitude and the means. To actually give, the believer must be the recipient of both spiritual and material blessings from God.
God never promises great material blessings to the believer. He supplies enough for you to fulfill His plan for your life and to express your grace orientation through giving.