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Take the quote "My God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus"

Now ye Phillipians know also that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia no church communicated with me as concerning GIVING and RECIEVING but ye only.
For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity

Not because I desire a gift but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

But I have all and abound, I am full having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent by you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice well pleasing to God.

But my God will supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Paul is not here writing to a single person but to an assembly of God's people at Phillipi.

It is good to take God's word as personal to each of us individually, but here the promise is to the church.

What does it say?

It says this assembly had a partnership going, wow, that's exciting. I have visited many fellowships where they have missionaries in different places across the world, in poor place, there is always the heartfelt plea for funds please, please, please help, do your duty, dig deep etc … you know you ought to.

Give, give, give

There is never any mention of receiving.

Paul said the partnership was one of giving and receiving, they want you give but they say nothing about receiving. … maybe , just maybe that is why Christians tend to give so little, maybe that's why church projects are always so poorly funded.

See Paul's gospel was the same as Jesu's

Give and it shall be given you again, good measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over shall men give into your bosom. For with the measure ye mete shall it be meted unto you again.

That's what Paul taught the Corinthians. He who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly but he who sows abundantly shall also reap abundantly.

That YOU might have all sufficiency for your own needs with plenty left over for every good work.

That is God's word, that is God's will.