Giving is one of our responses to God’s awesome gift of his son – Jesus Christ - to us. Giving provides blessing to others and helps to answer the needs of God’s people. It is also an act of discipleship. Here we express an act of obedience and trust – that our God will provide for our needs. The Apostle Paul reminds us that giving should never be forced or grudging, but an act of a redeemed heart that is both voluntary and cheerful. ‘Let each one give as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves a giver whose heart is in his giving.’ (2 Corinthians 9:7).