December 13 | Ephesians 6:6-7 “Not with eye-service as people-pleasers but as slaves of Christ doing God’s will from the heart with a goodwill, serving as to the Lord andnot to people” (Ephesians 6:6–7) Every time I mention giving in a sermon I know every mind goes to money. But…
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 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 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…
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.…