| 13. The gift of contributing to the needs of others (Romans 12:8)—the ability to financially support the ministry of God. While every believer is to give sacrificially to the work of God, there are some believers who have either been materially blessed or gifted with a special ability to raise funds. They see their money not as a means of controlling the church and getting their way, but as a gift to be liberally given, no strings attached, for the support of God’s work.
Amazingly, this gift does not belong only to the wealthy. You often find this gift in people of modest means, or practically no means at all! I recall one scrubwoman who worked for years in the skyscrapers of New York. She lived frugally and used her earnings to send missionaries out around the world—more than thirty missionaries over the course of her lifetime. That woman is a challenge to your generosity and mine on behalf of the Lord—and she is an example of the gift of giving.
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