In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, Christmas, teaching us to give.

Would you consider yourself a giver or receiver?

I don't expect you to answer that. Would you consider yourself a giver or receiver? Put it this way. Would you consider yourself a joyous giver? A happy

giver? Or would you prefer to be the receiver?

Now, how many of you were receivers when you were children?

We all were.

We have to learn to be givers, I think.

This is what I've noticed.

I've noticed the happiest people I know are people who are givers.

And the reason is because they're always giving of themselves.

And it's just not something that they have to give, but they're giving of themselves.

And when a person is giving of themselves, it's less of thinking about themselves and

thinking about others.

And as followers of Jesus, the pattern is that you and I be happy, joyous givers, because

that's what he was.

That's what he did his entire life on the face of this earth.

And when we come to this Christmas season, people think, well, now all this buying and selling

and all this traveling

and all these things are all terrible.

Well, is that really true?

In other words, giving is a part of life.

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