Daily Devotion Thur. 20/4/2017

23/4/2017         LESSON 8  

 OFFERING, VOWS AND PROJECT SUPPORT

Quarter’s Theme: UNDERSTANDING BIBLICAL STEWARDSHIP

Unit 3: Pathway To Prosperity (Lessons 7-12)

Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 10, 235

Devotional Reading: 2 COR. 9:1-15

Topic For Adults

THE HARVEST IS ACCORDING TO THE SOWING

Topic For Youths

FULFIL YOUR VOWS

Topic For Intermediates

GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER

Scripture Lesson

LEV. 22:29; 2 COR. 8:12; 9:7; ECCL. 5:4-7; JUDG. 11:29-40; DEUT. 23:21-23;

EXO. 35:4-5; 35:21-22

(SOUL WINNERS CROWN COMPETITION MONTHS)

MEMORY VERSE

So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Cor. 9:7 (NKJV)

DAILY DEVOTIONAL READING

Thur. 20/4/2017

The Offering That Pleases God

Mk. 12:41-43; Matt. 6:1-4

Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd put their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. In Matt. 6:2, some wealthy people even had a trumpet fanfare to announce their offerings before dropping them. Unnoticed among these proud and prominent men was a poor widow. “But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents”. Jesus saw her and was so impressed by her offering that He called His disciples to Him to use her as an object lesson for the kind of giving that pleases God. He said, “She gave more than all the others.” God has an altogether different way of judging the value of our gifts. We look at the actual amount and are impressed or not impressed by it (Matt. 6:1-4). Beware of practising your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. So, when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honoured by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

POINT OF EMPHASIS: God has an altogether different way of judging the value of our gifts.

PRAYER POINT: My Lord and my God, give me the grace to change in the area of giving so that my giving can command Your blessings.