If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother;
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… So we got to develop a heart of generosity. So go to Deuteronomy chapter 15 verse 7. And we're going to find four things in this scripture that all of us need to do if we're truly going to live the blessed life. It says if there is any among you who is a poor man of your brethren Within any of the gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you who gave him the land the Lord You shall not harden your Hearts because it's all about the heart nor shut up your hands to your poor brother Ooh, they just gave us a secret right there. Your heart and your hand are connected When your heart is hard your hand is closed When your heart is soft your hand is open. That's why when you go through season and God's like give to that person you like nope and you'll walk right past somebody. God bless you. And then this is what we do. …
… and so the children of israel are in this moment and then there's this story that is told and i want you to look at it. We're in Deuteronomy 15 verse seven. He says, Hey, listen, if there's anybody among you, like a poor man, a brother of yours, and he's within your gates and in your land and the Lord, your God is that the Lord, your God has given you notice who gave you the land, the Lord. Okay. You shall not harden your heart. Remember it's all about the heart. Don't harden your heart, nor shut up your hand from your brother. That's a whole nother message, but your heart and your hand are connected. When your heart is hard, your hand is closed. When your heart is moldable, your hand will be open. You'll give whatever God wants you to. It says verse 8, but you shall open your hand wide and give to him willingly. That has to do with your heart. Lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs. The first point I want to give you is that if we're going to live a generous life and we're going to be generous givers, we have to deal with a selfish heart. See, today's going to be a heart check. We got to deal with the selfish heart, the one talking included. Look at verse nine. It says, beware, watch out, hold up. Let's there be a wicked thought in your heart. Look where the thought is wicked. It's in your heart. …
DEUT. xv: 7-11. If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: but thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. …