Luke 21:1-4 "And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had."
I always have loved this story in Bible. When I see those give who have little but yet others gripe of giving when they have an abundance. Our family has always given to the Lord of our increase. I can remember growing up and after my folks were saved, us giving at church.
I won't go into tithing and how much and all that. I just wanted to share this passage of scripture with you and how that no matter how much or little we have we should give to the Lord. Why? He will bless those who give. It doesn't matter if it's your money, your time, your service if you give with a cheerful heart to the Lord he will bless you.
I want to share with you a time from our time on the road that God blessed us and I to this day believe it was because we gave to him in many area's. We were in Illinois I want to say Pekin but for some reason that doesn't sound right. Anyway, our RV had broken down (not an usual thing for us lol) we were sitting in the parking lot of a Tractor Supply store. This man, we NEVER saw again, came up and said, I'm from this church and hands us a flier. Well, we called the Pastor as he suggested and went from there.
The Pastor had us "limp' the RV to him, just a few blocks away. Put us in their former parsonage, called different church members and they brought groceries and such. We asked about this man, and told the Preacher what he drove, when the Pastor says, Nope! No one hear by that name and no one hear drives that type of truck.
Now to back up to the day before: We had stopped to help someone that was broken down. Then preceded to our mtg that evening. We always, or most always, tried to give in the offering simply because we had so much done for us we felt that was what God would have us do. My husband put money in the offering plate that evening which meant we had just enough to buy a days worth of groceries.
Well, when we got to this church on Monday, they not only gave us a days worth of groceries but probably a wks worth, a place to stay, fixed our RV, gave us mtg for that Wed, plus much, much more! God blesses those who give! We weren't as poor as the widow, but we didn't really have it to give. Although because we felt that God would have us give offerings at churches we visited, and we obeyed the Holy Spirits leading each time as to the amount. He blessed in abundance!!
Do you give with a cheerful heart or do you give because we're commanded to give? Do you give of your time freely or do you complain?
Let's doing and give all so that God wants to bless us above and beyond what we do and give! Serve the Lord with gladness!
I pray that in some way this devotional is a help and blessing to someone today!
May God bless you , and have a great wkend.
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had."
I always have loved this story in Bible. When I see those give who have little but yet others gripe of giving when they have an abundance. Our family has always given to the Lord of our increase. I can remember growing up and after my folks were saved, us giving at church.
I won't go into tithing and how much and all that. I just wanted to share this passage of scripture with you and how that no matter how much or little we have we should give to the Lord. Why? He will bless those who give. It doesn't matter if it's your money, your time, your service if you give with a cheerful heart to the Lord he will bless you.
I want to share with you a time from our time on the road that God blessed us and I to this day believe it was because we gave to him in many area's. We were in Illinois I want to say Pekin but for some reason that doesn't sound right. Anyway, our RV had broken down (not an usual thing for us lol) we were sitting in the parking lot of a Tractor Supply store. This man, we NEVER saw again, came up and said, I'm from this church and hands us a flier. Well, we called the Pastor as he suggested and went from there.
The Pastor had us "limp' the RV to him, just a few blocks away. Put us in their former parsonage, called different church members and they brought groceries and such. We asked about this man, and told the Preacher what he drove, when the Pastor says, Nope! No one hear by that name and no one hear drives that type of truck.
Now to back up to the day before: We had stopped to help someone that was broken down. Then preceded to our mtg that evening. We always, or most always, tried to give in the offering simply because we had so much done for us we felt that was what God would have us do. My husband put money in the offering plate that evening which meant we had just enough to buy a days worth of groceries.
Well, when we got to this church on Monday, they not only gave us a days worth of groceries but probably a wks worth, a place to stay, fixed our RV, gave us mtg for that Wed, plus much, much more! God blesses those who give! We weren't as poor as the widow, but we didn't really have it to give. Although because we felt that God would have us give offerings at churches we visited, and we obeyed the Holy Spirits leading each time as to the amount. He blessed in abundance!!
Do you give with a cheerful heart or do you give because we're commanded to give? Do you give of your time freely or do you complain?
Let's doing and give all so that God wants to bless us above and beyond what we do and give! Serve the Lord with gladness!
I pray that in some way this devotional is a help and blessing to someone today!
May God bless you , and have a great wkend.
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