October 19 | Jonah 1:14-16 “Finally they called out to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, please don’t let us perish because of this man’s life and don’t put on us innocent blood, for You, Lord, have done just as you pleased.” Then they raised up Jonah and hurled him…
October 18 | Jonah 1:3 “But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord and he went down to Joppa and discovered a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and descended into it to go to Tarshish, away from the presence of…
October 17 | Jonah 1:1-2 “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, son of Amittai, saying, “Arise! Go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out against them because their evil has come up before Me.”” (Jonah 1:1–2) Has someone ever told you to do something you didn’t…
October 16 | Acts 5:1-3 “Now a certain man named Ananias together with Sapphira, his wife, sold a piece of property and he withheld from the value, together with his wife’s knowledge, and brought part of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet. But Peter said, “Ananias, why did…
October 15 | Philippians 4:11-13 “Not that I am speaking according to need, for I have learned in these situations I am in to be content, I know both how to be humbled and I know how to abound, in any and every situation, I have learned the secret: both…
October 14 | 2 Corinthians 9:11 “You will be enriched in every way to be generous, which will bring aboutthrough us thanksgiving to God” (2 Corinthians 9:11) One of my favorite Christmas movies, A Christmas Carol, introduces Scrooge, a wealthy miser who hoards his wealth. No cajoling changes his mind.…
October 13 | 2 Corinthians 9:7-8 “Each one should give just as he has chosen in his heart, not reluctantly or out of obligation, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you so that at all times having all that you…
October 12 | Mark 12:43-44 “And calling His disciples, He said to them, “Truly I say to you: this poor widow put more than all those who are contributing to the offering box, for they all contributed their abundance, but she out of her lack put in everything she had,…
October 11 | Matthew 6:2-4 “”Thus, when you give alms to the needy, don’t blow the trumpet before you, just as the hypocrites do in the synagogue and in the streets, that they may be glorified by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full.…
October 10 | Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you, a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, overflowing they will give into your pouch, for with the measure you measure, it will be measured to you.”” (Luke 6:38) There are different types of giving. Some people are…