Welcome to the in touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Thursday August 1st.

God is often described as powerful, faithful, kind, and full of love.

Today's podcast also highlights kind and full of love.

Today's podcast also highlights generosity

as another key characteristic of our Heavenly Father.

When you think about your finances,

what's the first thing comes to mind? Is it how much you have,

or how much you lack, or what you owe, or what you can do to improve your finances?

What's the first thing that comes to your mind?

Your desires, your needs?

I wonder where in all those questions this idea comes. How much more could I give?

Usually we don't think about that question when that is oftentimes the key.

Because here is a principle, and a principle cannot be changed.

Things come and go principles don't change.

The principle is this.

You cannot outgive God. You cannot.

Nobody ever has, nobody ever will, you cannot outgive God. It is a basic principle of life. Now if it's a basic

principle of life, it can't be changed. And if it's a basic principle of life and

it can't be changed, then I would be foolish not to give God what he requires and what he asks, and then I would be less wise if I did not ask the question well if I have a need how much more do I

need to give him because listen you can't make a debtor out of God you will

never match what he will do for you. It's just that simple, but it all boils

down to this. Do I believe it or do I not? And the only way you will ever be convinced

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