December 12 | 2 Corinthians 9:6 “Now this is the point: the one who sows sparingly, sparingly will He harvest, and the one who sows bountifully, bountifully will He also harvest.” (2 Corinthians 9:6) Sowing and reaping is often mischaracterized by televangelists. They only talk about this principle with money.…
December 11 | 2 Corinthians 9:1-2 “For about the ministry to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you, for I know your eager enthusiasm, which I boast about you to the Macedonians, that Achaia has been ready since last year, and your zeal provoked the majority…
December 10 | Matthew 6:1-4 ““Now beware that you don’t practice your righteousness before people to be seen by them, for if this is so you will not have a reward from your Father in heaven. So, when you give alms to the needy, don’t blow the trumpet before you…
December 9 | Philippians 4:19 “And my God will satisfy every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19) Do you give out of the gross or net of your income? Does God demand exactly 10% of your funds? Or does He expect more?…
December 8 | Luke 21:1-4 “Then, looking up, He saw the wealthy putting into the offering box their gifts. And He saw a certain poor widow putting in her two small copper coins, and He said, “Truly, I say to you: this poor widow put in more than all of…
December 7 | 2 Corinthians 9:7-8 “Each 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 for the purpose that at all times having all that…
December 5 | Luke 20:25 “Then He said to them, “Then pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”” (Luke 20:25) Toward the end of Jesus’s ministry religious leaders tried to trap Him in mind games. They wanted to discredit Him. No matter what they tried,…
December 2 | Psalm 37:21-22 “The wicked person borrows and doesn’t repay, but the righteous person is gracious and gives, for those blessed by him take possession of the land, but those cursed by him will be cut off.” (Psalm 37:21–22) With every choice you make and action you take…
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 7 | Psalm 50:10-12 “For every beast of the field belongs to Me, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird of the mountain, the moving creatures in the field are with Me. If I were hungry I wouldn’t tell you, for the world and its fullness…