Presented to Volunteer Appreciation BBQ, 7 July 2017
Read 2 Corinthians 9:6-9
“Remember this:
Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously
will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have
decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God
loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all
things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good
work. As it is written: ‘They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor;
their righteousness endures forever.”
Staff and
management and Officers, we receive a paycheque or a living allowance for the
work we do. We are blessed by God as we serve Him and others.
Volunteers are a
double blessing. You help without any payment. If there is no money to pay for
the work to be done, God still uses you to do His work. It is only because of
you that any of the work here is able to be done at all.
You come out to
help at the times that you help, on the days that you help, in the seasons that
you help not under any compulsion, like our scripture today says. God really
does love you as you are a cheerful giver of your time. Everyday that you come
to help, you are a blessing to God, to us, and to those who we help in Jesus’
name. As it is written, you who have freely scattered their gifts to the poor,
your righteousness endures forever. God’s righteousness endures forever. And
for all of that and all you do, we are very thankful and I praise the Lord.
Let us pray.
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