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This is a very difficult area for most of us. In our abundance, the normal tendency is to feel secure and become less involved. As shown before, dangers of abundance are much more subtle than those of poverty. What is abundance and how can a Christian recognize and acknowledge God’s direction? Remember when we were discussing financial planning and living on a budget? The budget helped to establish a surplus and a plan for the surplus. The surplus is our abundance. It is easy to fall trap to feelings of contentment, slipping away from God in our abundance. Many do so because they fear having to share with others. To share from this surplus requires great love; it really means a greater love for God than for money. Giving out of love makes sharing our abundance possible. Scripture defines at least two levels of love. One is phileo and another is agape. Phileo is a brotherly love. It is based on mutual compatibility or the sharing of common interests. In other words, it is primarily a love of emotion. When love is given, it is returned, but when one withholds love, no love is returned. Agape allows one to give love regardless of the response. What the other person does will not really affect me if I am in true agape with God.

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