Giving is important for several reasons according to the document: it makes us more like God by imitating His generous nature, it draws us closer to God spiritually, it strengthens our faith in God's provision, and it is an investment in eternal rewards. Giving also reveals our level of spiritual maturity in following Christ's example of sacrificial giving.

1. Why Giving is Important

2. • Giving makes me more like God

3. John 3:16 - For God so loved the
world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him
should not perish but have
everlasting life.

4. Matthew 7:11 - If you then, being
evil, know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more will
your Father who is in heaven give
good things to those who ask Him!

5. • Giving makes me more like God
• Giving draws me closer to God

6. Matthew 6:19-21 - 19 “Do not lay up
for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and rust destroy and
where thieves break in and steal;
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures

7. in heaven, where neither moth nor
rust destroys and where thieves do
not break in and steal. 21 For where
your treasure is, there your heart will
be also.

8. • Giving makes me more like God
• Giving draws me closer to God
• Giving strengthens my faith

9. Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the LORD
with all your heart, and lean not
on your own understanding;

10. Proverbs 3:9,10 - Honor the LORD
with your possessions, and with the
firstfruits of all your increase; So your
barns will be filled with plenty, and
your vats will overflow with new
wine.

11. Luke 6:38 - Give, and it will be given
to you: good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, and running over
will be put into your bosom. For with
the same measure that you use, it
will be measured back to you.

12. • Giving makes me more like God
• Giving draws me closer to God
• Giving strengthens my faith
• Giving is an investment for eternity

13. 1Timothy 6:17-19 - 17 Command those
who are rich in this present age not to be
haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches
but in the living God, who gives us richly
all things to enjoy. 18 Let them do good,

14. that they be rich in good works, ready to
give, willing to share, 19 storing up for
themselves a good foundation for the
time to come, that they may lay hold on
eternal life.

15. • Giving makes me more like God
• Giving draws me closer to God
• Giving strengthens my faith
• Giving is an investment for eternity
• Giving reveals my spiritual maturity

16. 2Corinthians 8:7 (NIV) - But since you
excel in everything—in faith, in speech,
in knowledge, in complete earnestness
and in the love we have kindled in
you—see that you also excel in this
grace of giving.

17. • Giving makes me more like God
• Giving draws me closer to God
• Giving strengthens my faith
• Giving is an investment for eternity
• Giving reveals my spiritual maturity