{"id":1527,"date":"2021-08-04T04:03:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T04:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blessedare.org\/?page_id=1527"},"modified":"2022-10-23T21:15:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T21:15:12","slug":"cheerful","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blessedare.org\/cheerful","title":{"rendered":"Cheerful Giver"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A Cheerful Giver<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u201cEach of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7 (NIV)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Cheerful giving isn\u2019t just about monetary giving. Invalids, shut-ins, homeless, and orphans all long for a visit. Remember to smile at friends and strangers alike. The bible says, for \u201cYou shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt. Exodus 23:9 (NASB)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A simple smile or kind word could change the trajectory of someone\u2019s bad day.<\/p>

\u201cAnxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.”<\/em>\u00a0 Proverbs 12:25 (NIV)<\/p>

The Blessed Are Foundation will conduct public fundraisers and seeks cheerful givers of time. Please contact us if God places it on your heart to donate your time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cAs Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. \u201cTruly I tell you,\u201d he said, \u201cthis poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.\u201d Luke 21:1-4 (NIV)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A word from Joseph<\/a>: During covid God blessed me with time to draw nearer to Him by ministering to the less fortunate in NYC. David, a homeless man spoke of \u201ccollecting cans to save money to get to California.\u201d After a year he was still struggling in NY, but God had plans.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I was honored to help David register for his government stimulus checks, but they never arrived. God blessed me to successfully help register and disburse many checks to homeless. God is faithful and while not always on our time line, He certainly delivers right on time. He answered our prayers and out of the blue, David received the third check of $1400!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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David had no bank account and wasn\u2019t sure how to cash his check.  I suggested a check cashing business, but he was insistent that I cash it for him.  I was a hesitant, but did. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Can you imagine my surprise when David offered a $700 donation for the foundation!?\u00a0 That was 50% of all the money he had in the world.\u00a0 Humbled, I politely refused, but he would not take \u201cno\u201d for an answer.\u00a0<\/p>

David assured me that all he needed was $700 to get a fresh start in California.\u00a0 We walked to the bus station and he purchased a ticket to California. He left later that day.\u00a0 David didn’t have a phone, but took my number.\u00a0 We prayed and with a hug parted. I miss seeing David in the neighborhood, but pray he is well.\u00a0 God willing I’ll hear from him soon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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His $700 was consecrated by prayerful brothers and sisters, and it was dedicated to open the foundation’s bank account.\u00a0 I don\u2019t have a picture of David, but he looks very similar to the man above with the beard.\u00a0 God bless David, a cheerful giver.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Are you a Cheerful Giver? Donate Now.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A Cheerful Giver \u201cEach of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7 (NIV) Cheerful giving isn\u2019t just about monetary giving. Invalids, shut-ins, homeless, and orphans all long for a visit. Remember to smile at friends and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","WB4WB4WP_MODE":"","WB4WP_PAGE_SCRIPTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_STYLES":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FONTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_HEADER":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FOOTER":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1527","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessedare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessedare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessedare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessedare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessedare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1527"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blessedare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4096,"href":"https:\/\/blessedare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1527\/revisions\/4096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessedare.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}