
The Corinthian church gives and Paul blesses them.
And God, who supplies seed for the sower and bread to eat, will also supply you with all the seed you need and will make it grow and produce a rich harvest from your generosity. He will always make you rich enough to be generous at all times, so that many will thank God for your gifts which they receive from us. 2 Corinthians 9:10-11 GNT
Paul recognizes God as the supplier – whatever I have to give was first given to me by God.
“Our translators render it in the form of a prayer; which yet being the prayer of the apostle, put up in faith, doth virtually contain a promise both of a temporal and a spiritual increase.” – Poole
The prayer is that God would give so that I may give and His promise is that He would even give more so that I can give more.
Ultimately, the prayer is that there would be growth and there would be a harvest that comes from such generosity.
What a prayer of blessing – I pray the same and that lives may be changed materially and spiritually.
“This compendium of prayers from the Puritans is edited and put into a more contemporary idiom. The collection has stood the test of time. One reason is that the prayers are so different from those in most current devotional literature. Sin is taken much more seriously and so glory and grace shine the brighter. – Timothy Keller: Bennett, Arthur G. – The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions