Love poured out multiplies love poured in.

What you seek for others you find for yourself.

New life, new hope, new joy will start when this is given from the heart.

AS YOU GIVE OUT SO SHALL YOU RECEIVE.

quite compelling its admonition to use wealth as a means to be generous and not just as an end in itself.

the true God gives so we can become joyful givers and not just self-absorbed receivers.

God doesn't give in order to acquire. God loves without self-seeking; that's at the heart of who God is. God gives for the benefit of others.

True giving happens when we give from our heart.

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

Despite what skeptics and critics sometimes say, followers of Jesus have transformed the world in all sorts of ways in the last two thousand years. It was Jesus's followers, after all, who went about caring for the poor, tending the sick, and providing education for people of all sorts (not only the rich or the elite). There is no reason why Jesus's followers should not continue this work and every reason why they should.

Love', in the early Christian sense, is something you do, giving hospitality and practical help to those in need, particularly to other Christians who are poor, sick or hungry.

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.