Author Archives: Steve Hankins, Th.D.

“Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.” (2 Corinthians 9:15, KJV) I truly cannot think of a time that I was left speechless. As the saying goes, no preacher is ever left without something to say. I know there must have been some. I just cannot remember them. The only thing that comes toContinue reading “The Greatest Gift (2 Cor 9:15)”

“And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.” (2 Corinthians 9:14, KJV) We do have some strange practices in this life. One of them is in the giving of a gift. We will take a gift and put it in a container of some sort.Continue reading “Unseen Gift Exchange (2 Cor 9:14-15)”

(For those who missed my posts for Thursday and Friday last week, I apologize. I had family in town and forgot to post the devotions. Hopefully I am back on track now.) “He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvestContinue reading “Seed for Sowing (2 Cor 9:10-11)”

“(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.” (2 Corinthians 9:9, KJV) In the last devotional, I shared about my early days as a believer and the lesson of faith God gave me in the area of giving. While the lesson was powerful, thereContinue reading “The Lord Provides (2 Cor 9:9)”

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:” (2 Corinthians 9:8, KJV) In 1983, the Lord saved me while reading a Bible placed by the Gideon’s International in a Minneapolis hotel room. That evening, my life wasContinue reading “Divine Provision (2 Cor 9:8-9)”

“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” (2 Corinthians 9:7, KJV) If you walked down the street and saw someone throwing hundred-dollar bills away and laughing hysterically you would probably conclude that the person had “bats in theContinue reading “Hilarious Giving (2 Cor 9:7)”

“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.” (2 Corinthians 9:6, KJV) Every farmer knows this universal principle. My grandmother moved from Trenton NJ to the country side. She was born and raised in the farmlands and always wanted to return toContinue reading “The Universal Principle (2 Cor 9:6)”