Give.

"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want."  Psalm 23:1 (NRSV)

"All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need."  Acts 2:44,45 (NRSV)

This is about giving.

But all too often church people are afraid to give.

They hang on to their possessions and their wealth.

Some even preach that God has blessed them with wealth.

But the first converts would have been called Marxists by Conservatives.

And this Spiritual Socialism has seldom been  practised in subsequent generations.

"I shall not want."

So we can let go of our fear and give to those in need.

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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