Food Banks and Blood Banks
Analogy★★★★CITIES have food banks and blood banks. They’re designed to help other people live. Although these banks are set up to collect, they are not designed simply to hoard and to store. The resources they gather help other people to live—either by the infusion of food or by the infusion of nutrients from blood.
God has saved and blessed Christians so that we can share the blessings God has given us with others.38 [Giving]
Also attributed to: Unknown
The point
Compares food and blood banks, which collect to distribute, to the Christian's calling to share God's blessings with others rather than hoard them.
Scripture
2 Corinthians 9:7Acts 20:35Proverbs 11:25
Audience
AdultsYouthSmall Group
Occasions
Stewardship · Missions · Offering
Tone
Convicting · Hopeful
To tell aloud
under a minute · 74 words