Reference text: Luke 11:5-13 Today's text is a tale of three men with a unique relationship: a pair were friends at a time, so all three were not friends with each other. So we see a summary of events as follows: "A friend shows up to visit a friend. That friend then goes to see... Continue Reading →
MINIBITES
1. Excellence is not a choice, it is an expectation. 2 Corinthians 8:7 But just as you excel in everything, [and lead the way] in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in genuine concern, and in your love for us, see that you excel in this gracious work [of giving] also. St Paul was clear in... Continue Reading →
THE COST OF YOUR GIVING
DAY 151 Mark 12:43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: When Jesus sat at opposite the treasury, with a close up view of how much was being put... Continue Reading →
LOVE HAS NO EXPECTATIONS
303/365 Luke 14:12-13 When you give a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends and family and relatives and rich neighbors. If you do, they will invite you in return, and you will be paid back. When you give a feast, invite the poor, the paralyzed, the lame, and the blind When we take... Continue Reading →
RECEIVING MUST FOLLOW GIVING
DAY 265 OF 365 IN 2021 RECEIVING MUST FOLLOW GIVING The opening and closing verses of today's text are highlighted to draw our attention to something. There was first a giving,"When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases," (Luke 9:1) This... Continue Reading →
GIVING TO GOD
DAY 60 OF 365 IN 2021 Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you Purchasing balloons at Christmas was always an interesting task because unlike... Continue Reading →