#GOFAMINTDailyDevotion Fri. 18/8/2017

20/8/2017       LESSON 12

BLESSINGS FOR THOSE WHO GIVE TO THE NEEDY

Quarter’s Theme: CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE

Unit 3: Our Impacts (Lessons 10-12)

(STEWARDSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY MONTH)

Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 208, 223

Devotional Reading: LK. 6:30-38

Topic For Adults

GOD THE FATHER, THE FIRST MODEL GIVER

Topic For Youths

GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER, NOT ‘SHOWFUL’ GIVER

Topic For Intermediates

YOUR LIFE IS A GIFT

Scripture Lesson

ACTS 20:35; MATT. 6:1-4; PS. 41:1-3

MEMORY VERSE

And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me. Matt 25:40 (NKJV)

DAILY DEVOTIONAL READING

Fri. 18/8/2017

Who Are The Needy?

Lk. 14:12-14; Matt. 25:35-45; Matt. 5:42; Lk. 10:29; Jam. 1:27

Who are the needy? What a great question to a thoughtful believer! Jesus said when you call a feast; invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind and you will be blessed because they cannot repay you, but you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just. These categories are considered the needy. Jesus does not come physically today in need; He’s represented by ‘one of the least of these my brethren’. The question, ‘Who is my neighbour?’ led to the great ‘good Samaritan’ story. Anyone can be in that wounded stranger’s condition at any time. God says visit the orphans, help widows in their affliction, help the ones that can’t pay you back and help anybody (including unbelievers) who needs help, as guided by the Holy Spirit.

POINT OF EMPHASIS: Pure religion and undefiled before the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and keep himself unspotted from the world. (Jam. 1:27).

PRAYER POINT: Lord Jesus, help me to recognize those I must help every day of my life.