Hi, this is Victoria. Thank you so much for downloading this podcast. I believe God has amazing

things in your future. I hope you enjoy this message.

I just want to talk to you today about being an extravagant giver. You know, when you live a

life of giving, you live the best possible life there is. Now sometimes we think, well, I can't

give all the time. If I give all the time, I won't have anything left. Or we think, if someone

asks me for something that I don't have, how do you expect me to give? But can I tell you this

today that there is never a time that you are empty handed. You always have something to give.

In the book of Acts, Peter and Paul were walking to the temple to worship God. It was a time of day

where everyone came to worship at the temple. I can just imagine the crowd and everybody trying to

get into the temple so they could all get a good seat. Kind of like this morning, you know,

you got out of your car, you were rushing here, you wanted to get your seat before someone took

it. You were all busy. And so they came walking into the temple, they were passing the gates of the

temple and they passed a man who was sitting there begging. Now the Bible talks about this man and

this man had been crippled from birth and the people that took care of him placed him at the gate

every single day. Obviously it was a good place to sit for spare change because he was there every day.

I'm sure if it wasn't a good place they would have moved him somewhere else, right? So he was there

that day begging, believing that he was going to get what he needed for that day, have enough money

to take care of himself and the people who helped him. Well this particular day when Peter and John

were walking past the gate, he haulered out to them and he said, hey, I need some money. He was

begging from them. And I can see Peter and John there probably having a good time, a good day,

it was a good day for them and they kind of felt their pockets. Maybe they got their money back and

they realized I don't have any money. And you know, it would have been easy for them to say, well,

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