Giving gifts is more than Christmas.

1. Gifts you can give all year
Giving does not expire on
December 26

2. Example
Kindness
Let's Unwrap these gifts!
Praise
Forgive
Love
Gratitude
Presence Prayer
Understanding

3. Mark Twain said he could
live 2 months on one
compliment.
Critics destroy - - - But - - -
Praise An Encourager builds up
Make it a point to express
praise when you can.
Compliments are free!
1 Corinthians 11:2 –
Now I praise you brethren
2 Chronicles 35:2 –
He (Josiah) encouraged
them to the service of the
house of the Lord.

4. Deep down – most of wish for
more understanding
We want to be understood
Husbands and wives would
solve many issues with a
clear
understanding of each other.
Solomon could as for anything he
wanted. He asked for understanding.
1 Kings 3:9, 12 – He was given a
“wise and understanding heart.”
Understanding

5. Kindness
Ephesians 3:32 Be kind to one
another
Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectionate
to one another with brotherly love,
in honor, giving preference to one
another
2 Peter 1:7 Add to godliness
brotherly kindness

6. Visit the sick, shut-in, nursing home,
hospital, funeral home.
It is not so much what you say –
It is your presence that
brings them comfort.
Your presence matters.
James 1:27 – Pure religion = visit
Matthew 25:34-40 The saved are those
who give, went, visited, showed up,
supported, helped.
Presence

7. “Gratitude is the mother of all virtues.”
Ephesians 5:20 – Giving thanks always
for all things to God the Father in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ
Luke 17:17 – Were there not 10 cleansed?
But where are the nine?
The percentages are about the same now
Romans 1:21 – The heathen gentiles “did
not glorify His as God, nor were thankful”
Gratitude

8. Song: “For You I Am Praying”
James 5:16 Confess your trespasses to one
another, and pray for one another, that you
may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer
of a righteous man avails much.
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing
Romans 12:12 rejoicing in hope, patient in
tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;
Prayer

9. Ephesians 4:32 And be kind to one another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God
in Christ forgave you.
Matthew 6:14-15 14 "For if you forgive men their
trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive
you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their
trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses.
Forgive
Matthew 18:21-22 21 Then Peter came to
Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my
brother sin against me, and I forgive him?
Up to seven times?" 22 Jesus said to him,
"I do not say to you, up to seven times, but
up to seventy times seven.

10. Example
1 Corinthians 11:1 Imitate me, just as I
also imitate Christ.
Matthew 5:13-15 We are to be the light
of the world and the salt of the earth
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine
before men, that they may see your
good works and glorify your Father
in heaven.
“I'd rather see a sermon than to hear one.”

11. 1 Corinthians 13:13 And now abide faith,
hope, love, these three; but the greatest
of these is love.
1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your
souls in obeying the truth through the
Spirit in sincere love of the brethren,
love one another fervently with a pure heart,
Love
John 13:34-35 34 A new commandment
I give to you, that you love one another;
as I have loved you, that you also love
one another. 35 By this all will know that
you are My disciples, if you have love for
one another."

12. Giving should not be limited to special
times, holidays and birthdays
True gifts can (and should) be given every
day of the year
Acts 20:35 – Better to give than receive
The greatest gift ever given was the gift
God gave – His Son – John 3:16
Would you give your life to him?
Are you ready to live a life of giving?