Healing is the Father’s Will

by Emily Wooten

God sent his son and Jesus the only begotten son of God too our griefs, sorrows, sickness and sin on himself in our place.
1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Isaiah 53:4 -5 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Luke 9:1-2 :Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
Matthew 10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
If it is Jesus will that we rest in the health he provided 2000 years ago we have every right to ask God for his healing virtue to be manifest in our bodies.
Luke 8:43-44. 46-48 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stopped.
And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
Matthew 11:28-29 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
If you haven’t seen the results you’ve been looking for, don’t give up or quit. In Ephesians 6 Paul told us when we’ve done all to stand to stand therefore: making sure that our loins girt about with truth, the breastplate of righteousness, our feet ready to go and tell the gospel of peace, taking the shield of faith and the shield of faith. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching. The woman with the issue of blood came to Jesus looking for results. We can follow her example. Scripture tells us she pressed in to get near to the savior. When obstacles try to distract or sidetrack us we can keep our minds stayed on God and what he said!
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous human availeth much.

God’s Mercy is Fresh Every Morning

Proverbs 4:20-23 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Hebrews 12:12-13 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Romans 8:31-32 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Deuteronomy 7:15 And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
Exodus 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD;
Jeremiah 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
Deuteronomy 30:19-20 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days:

God is waiting on us to make the move toward demonstrating his word.

White Hot Love

by Emily Wooten

We know that God is love. He is also a consuming fire. Hebrews 12:28-29 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.
White fire is a very intense and efficient burn with temperatures exceeding 2,700 degrees. It would be perfect for incinerating hazardous materials and contaminants.
Revelation 1:14-15 Jesus is described: His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
Malachi 3:2-3 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Speaking of Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration: Mark 9:3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
2 Corinthians 5:21: For He hath made Him (Jesus) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.
1 Peter 1:15-16 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
That was a quote from Leviticus 11:44 For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy:
2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
The fierce God David knew and trusted to give the enemy Goliath into his hand is that same God who loved us so that he sent his son Jesus to die in our place for our sins, so we can be THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD in Christ Jesus.
We take his righteousness the same way we took salvation. We believe it. We confess it. When we repent, scripture tells us that we are washed white as snow.
Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
If you have sinned, get over yourself and stop holding on to sin consciousness. Our God the Creator, Almighty God has provided sin exhalation. Repent and take it as your own, rejecting the devil’s reminders of all you’re not.
Psalm 103:11-12 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Refresh

by Emily Wooten

While studying on the word refresh, I ran across this definition: an act or function of updating the display on a screen. Websters also defines refresh as revise or update, to restore strength, revive or rejuvenate.
We may need to refresh our view and update our operating system.
Isaiah 2 :11-12 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Strong’s says that word refreshing means to rest or a place to rest but it was taken from a root word that means to stir up, act in an instant. Let’s not be numbered among the ones who would not hear sound doctrine! God offers to his children, refreshing.
Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 6:1-2 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
Now! Today! Why wait?
Humans need to know that there is a time where salvation is offered and rejecting or ignoring God’s call could result in eternal dis rest and torture. Let’s not candy coat the message of salvation.
Matthew 11:28-29 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Romans 6:22-23 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
There is rest and times of refreshing available. God encourages us to take part!
Humans can get tired to the bone. We can be worn down and exhausted sometimes by struggling at our own hand. We should take this opportunity to take stock and examine our lives.
Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us…
Paul had just finished explaining how men and women of faith held out for God’s best.
Hebrews 11:33-35 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
God offers to us the sustaining power of rest and refreshing. Let’s be among the ones who say with all our being, Yes! I choose to enter into your rest and do more than I have ever done before! By your grace and favor I receive to myself times of refreshing. Replenish my strength and renew my knowledge of your will. Teach me to rest in your strength and perceive your plan in and through me. Father, get glory to yourself, in Jesus name.

Resurrect

by Emily Wooten

To bring back to life. . .
In order to bring something back to life it has to have once been alive. What happens in the human spirit when that person asks Jesus to forgive their sins and confesses Jesus is Lord is a miracle.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
That person’s human spirit is reborn. Scripture warns us time and time again to nurture our relationship with God and put his word first place in all we do.
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
When a human believes Jesus is the son of God and confesses him as Lord of all, the journey to eternal life has just begun. Every moment we are offered opportunity to grow, mature and produce good fruit.
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
What does the Bible say about the fruits of a newborn spirit?
2 Peter 1:4-8 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The first step to intimate fellowship with God is turning our attention to him. Paul prayed for the young church that God would help them. We can ask him for that too.
Ephesians 1: 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Colossians 1: 9-10 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Sowing the word of God in our spirit daily is the way to daily bring to life his promises in us. Things that are alive produce fruit. We are to daily resurrect his word in us. Paul told Timothy to, “…stir up the gift of God in you…” Resurrect your hope in eternal life by sharing God’s promises with someone today!

Revive

Words have meanings and we shouldn’t throw them around without purpose. Paul wasn’t making a suggestion when he spoke to the church at Ephesus: “Be ye therefore followers of God”, “…walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us.” ” …be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; (Ephesians 5)
Jesus wasn’t making a suggestion in
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
God wants to give us insight, understanding and revelation into what is going to happen. Have you thought, “If I knew then what I know now?” Scripture is full of examples where God warned his people, encouraged his people and prepared his people. God still wants to get his word to us. As we learn to take him at his word and fellowship with him, he will reveal to us more and more.
We see in Daniel 2 where King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon had a dream. The secret of the dream was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. God was warning Nebuchadnezzar about things to come. Nebuchadnezzar praised God for his power and dominion.
We see in Genesis 41 God gave Pharaoh a dream. After interpreting the dreams for Pharaoh, Joseph was tasked with managing Egypt’s resources and preparing for the coming famine, which allowed him to save his family and all of Egypt.
Understanding God’s plan for our lives is more than just for us. Our actions, behaviors, and choices have an effect on the people around us, including our family, colleagues, and the wider society we live in, influencing their experiences and overall environment, whether positively or negatively. Experiencing God’s influence is one of the benefits of salvation. God did not save us and then leave us alone to fend for ourselves. We aren’t looking for a shouting good time one minute to be left in the mully grubs the next. God’s power is sustaining power.
We have been studying about being revived. What does that mean in the Christian’s life? How does that impact others? Why is it important for every Christian to stay connected and in a constant state of learning more about God and the way he works.
Revive: is to restore to life or consciousness. Regain life or strength. Give new strength or energy.
In order to be revived a person has to first be vived! Which is to live. In John 10:10 Jesus said he come that we might have life and have it more abundantly. In John 14:27 when Jesus said he was leaving his peace with us. He was giving us a state of tranquility, security, safety, prosperity, and lacking nothing. Jesus, as part of our salvation, left with us the power to be whole, not lacking anything. Staying connected and choosing to say God’s words is a great way to start the new year. The Psalmist said, “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.” We can choose to say that too! Embrace the Holy Spirit and invite him to show us what it means to be filled with all God wants for us.
John 7:38 He that believes on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

Birth of the Savior

by Emily Wooten

Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Luke 2:11-12 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Isaiah was prophesying what would come. In Luke the angels declared he has come.
In Matthew 2 and Luke 2 the story of Jesus’ birth is recorded. The Hebrew people thought the Messiah would come to set up an earthly kingdom. Even though Jesus had told them he would be beaten, sacrificed and raised from the dead, that message was way more than the people could understand.
In the same way men in the Old Testament prophesied the savior would be born to a virgin in Bethlehem, men of old prophesied that same child would be sacrificed for our sin.
Isaiah 53: 1-6 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Before all this could be done one young woman had to be willing to abandon her dreams and choose to allow God to work through her.
Luke 1: 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.
What Joseph and Mary went through getting Jesus into this earth and protecting him while he grew to be the man who would take away the sins of the world, was not your typical praise and worship testimony. Through God’s grace Joseph and Mary became amazing people who kept safe our Savior, nurtured him up and taught him.
As a young boy Jesus knew he had a job to do. In spite of the devil’s temptations, men’s accusations, beatings and more Jesus had the strength to endure and prevail. We’ve been given his strength. Like Joseph and Mary we have the opportunity to choose his way over our own. Christmas time is the perfect opportunity to surrender to God’s love and choose to say, “Be it unto me according to your word.”

The Powerful Force of Love

By Emily Wooten

First, God loved us.
John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Ephesians 2:4-6 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
God sent the manifestation of his love to save us.
Luke 2:10-11 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
It is impossible to know God and deny the power of his love.
1 John 4:7-9 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
What is the nature of God’s love working in us?
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
No power is enough to challenge us as we walk in his love.
Romans 8:37-39 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
Jesus commanded us to love.
John 15:9-12 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Standing while we wait

by Emily Wooten

Ephesians 6:14-18 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Did you know the word wait can be used as a verb? While the word wait denotes being still, we are far from being unproductive when we wait on God. Keeping our emotions in tack and resting in God’s promises is work. You might say it is a labor of love.
If we believe the scriptures, we know that all things work together for those who love God and are the called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28) While our flesh may scream for us to do something, God calls us to have or maintain a quiet and meek spirit before the Lord. The Psalmist wrote: Psalm 46:10-11 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. In Exodus 14:13 Moses told the people to stand still and see the salvation of God.
We come boldly to the throne of grace with a contrite or repentant, teachable spirit. We don’t however cower before principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, or spiritual wickedness in high places. According to Ephesians 6:12-13 We take on the whole armor of God and STAND.
How can being still present a threat to the enemy? ‘Cause that is the way God does things.
Look at James 4:6-7 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Submit, resist, stand, wait: if this seems foreign to you, just think how confusing it is to the enemy of our faith. It may seem like so little when all we appear to be doing is speaking to the air what God promised us. Being convinced that God is performing his word as we speak and choosing to say what God said about us is more powerful and effective than anything else we could do. Many times Jesus walked right through the midst of the gangs who were set to kill him. It wasn’t until he laid down his life in our place, for our sins that they could take him. After three days, he took his life back and was forever resurrected victoriously once and for all who would take his word and proclaim Jesus is my Lord!
Now, we don’t lay down for anything. We stand firm, resting in his love, speaking the truth in love.

Ask for Understanding

by Emily Wooten

Proverbs 1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
As we face the end of 2024 and look to the months ahead, many changes are coming in our nation, our state and our homes.
Growth requires putting off and taking on. On January 1st many will resolve to change the way they do things in order to create a better life for those around them. May will diet. Some will start exercising. Whatever choices we make for the new year, we have an invaluable resource of wisdom and understanding from which to pull.
Many of you nave already turned in your Pastor’s Advisory Council Recommendations. If you have not, please prayerfully consider your options and be included in those who will help Pastor Ron and Lisa make good decisions in the coming year. Our prayers for them and the people who make decisions for our church are not in vain. God hears and he answers. Remember these words from King David.
Psalms 34:3 – 4 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
This is also a great time for those who do not have a habit of praying for our nation to resolve to start that practice.
Scripture shows us that the men of valor in the bible often sought God’s wisdom and understand to do the jobs God asked of them. Whether it was wisdom to build a temple or lead an army to war, God was always available to help his people when they asked.
In 1 Kings 3 we see where David’s son Solomon, when faced with becoming the leader of Israel, asked God for wisdom to lead his people. God was so pleased with Solomon’s request he granted him that and more.
1 Kings 3:12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honor: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
Whether it is help with your job, raising your family or relationships in your community, God has the answers.
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraids not; and it shall be given him.