When was the last time you gave? | John Giftah

0:01 Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world is a crazy

0:06 place and it just seems to get crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and

0:12 take a break. This is Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We're

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0:39 Gifta International. Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John Gifta. We're living

0:59 at time age where for the most part, people are just living all for

1:03 themselves. Whatever they can get from somebody else, whatever best advantage they can

1:08 take. It's all about themselves. It's for me and my household. If

1:12 I can get this, that's it. I don't care about you, and

1:17 I just don't bother to even you know, see if I can help you

1:22 in any way or be a blessing to you in any way. And as

1:26 a minnesoe of the Gospel's one thing I've seen time and time again a lot

1:30 of people. One of the things is I always go out of the way

1:34 help them in whatever way possible within my capacity, or sometimes I may go

1:40 overboard help people, invest in them, to connect people, to get them

1:45 opportunities, and whatever is within my reach, whatever I can do. I've

1:51 gone out through the way to help people. But one thing I've noticed is

1:55 that for the most part, I'll tell you honestly, for the most part,

1:59 I'm talking about Christians work. I'm talking even about you know, ministers

2:04 of the gospel, you know who, on the other hand, would connect

2:07 with me only if they want something, only as long as they can get

2:12 some benefit through me, and then just throw me and dubbed me at the

2:16 same time. And I would connect, you know, asking for some help

2:21 you know, or ask them to pray or anything for that matter. You

2:25 would just not be bothered about like they would be like, Okay, fine,

2:30 that's your problem. I mean, you know, and I want to

2:32 share an important word with you guys, to help you understand that that's not

2:37 the way you're supposed to be. Okay, I can give you Like there's

2:40 so many instances I've seen like where you know, people I would talk with

2:46 and you know, maybe you can share some ins like you know, there's

2:50 something that I'm praying about, something I wish could they. I know that

2:53 they can help on all of that, but they would just not put it

2:55 into their head, or they would just act like they didn't hear and never

3:00 bother. And what I've noticed here is this important truth that you know,

3:06 some people are all about receiving, receiving, receiving what can they get from

3:09 you? What can they take from you? But you have to be careful

3:14 that you don't fall prey to the same kind of a selfish life. You

3:20 know, when you look at profit Elishah from the Bible, from Second King

3:23 chapter four, there comes a moment. Elishah used to travel a lot,

3:29 and he went to this place called shoon Him and the scriptures talks about a

3:34 moment when there was a lady, a well to do lady, who urged

3:38 him to stay. And so whenever he came by, he stopped by there

3:43 to eat. This is in verse eight of Second King chapter four. And

3:47 so she says to her husband, I know this man comes very frequently,

3:51 and he's a holy man of God. Let's make a room for him in

3:54 the roof and give him a bed and a table and a chair and a

3:59 lamb for him so he can stay whenever he comes by. So the next

4:02 time Elishah came, he was so happy to hear about this, and this

4:08 is what I really allowed. He went there and he was lying down.

4:11 Verse twelve, he said to his servant GEHs and call the shunant woman,

4:17 and that lady was called Any asked her, you've gone all the way,

4:26 do all this trouble just for me, just for us? What can be

4:30 done for you? What can be done for you? Can we speak on

4:34 your behalf to the king or the commander of the army, anything at all

4:40 within my capacity, anything at all. I want to help you. And

4:43 she said I don't need any help basically, and then she comes to I

4:49 mean she she she doesn't say anything. And then Elishah comes to know through

4:57 gas that she doesn't have us son, and so he prophesies over her,

5:02 saying, by this time next day he will have a son. And miracleously

5:10 supernatural intervention and she gets a son. So the point here to notice,

5:16 Elisha could have simply said, wow, thank you so much. You're so

5:20 kind, So I'm appreciating the effort that you're put. He could have simply

5:25 said thank you and left, But he went about and asked what can I

5:31 do for you? And I'm telling you, honestly, in all my life,

5:36 even though I've gone all the way to help people, I've never seen

5:43 moments when people have come out and said even though they can do something to

5:47 help, they would never seen moments when they said what can I do for

5:53 you? They would always be like, what can I get from me?

5:58 What can I get from this? But I'm telling you, guys, you

6:02 know, we as Christians, we need to need to be in a place

6:08 where we don't just keep receiving. We need to come to a place where

6:13 we say, hey, what can I do for you? You bless me?

6:18 I need to bless you. You've been such a great blessing to the

6:24 people around I want to bless you. How can I bless you? How

6:30 can I, you know, help you in any way? Whatsoever? Can

6:35 I use my influence in some way to help you in any way? Can

6:40 I help you financially? You know what I'm trying to tell you, yours

6:44 this stop living a life for yourself. Stop living a life for yourself.

6:50 As believers, we need to be different. We need to be people who

6:55 are not just taking, taking, taking, receiving, receiving, receiving time

7:00 for you and I to also be giving. When it was the last time

7:06 you gave. It need not be just financed, it could be financed also.

7:12 But when it was the last time you gave your time, When was

7:15 the last time you gave your space, When it was the last time you

7:19 gave your emotional energy to listen to somebody, When it was the last time

7:28 you gave or invested in somebody else? Think about it. Lord, I

7:36 pray for those who are listening that you would speak to them in their hearts

7:42 in every way possible, that they would not just be people receiving receiving receiving,

7:46 they or not just be on the receiver's line within heart to just get

7:50 whatever they can and take advantage in every way possible. Will help them be

7:56 people who will give, who will go out to see what can I do

8:01 for you? How can I help you? And how can I be agreed

8:05 a blessing in Jesus name, I pray, Amen, you've been listening to

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9:07 The Fuel for the Soul with John Gift. God bless you. If your

9:16 heart stops beating, now, do you know where you're going? If you

9:20 came face to face with death? Now do you know where you're going?

9:24 And this is not a message of condemnation. This is a message of hope.

9:28 There is a God who loves you so much he sent his only son

9:35 Jesus Christ to come down and pay a heavy price by shedding every drop of

9:41 his blood on the cross. Thank you for dying for my sins. When

9:46 you believe in Him, you have free gift or salvation for you that it

9:50 shows us that we will go to heaven when we die instead of suffering in

9:54 Him forever. I just encourage you today to make the simplest life of faith

10:00 and say, Jesus, I thank you for what you did on the cross.

10:03 Thank you for giving me this gift of eternal life.