... be credited to your account. I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an ...
... We must go a step further. I call this step, offering our Ebenezer (Matthew 25:40).
Offering our Ebenezer is using the blessings God bestows on us to bless other people. For instance, the Lord blesses ...
... be credited to your account. I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an ...
... we can give based on the specific problems presented by a brother or sister is like a fragrant offering that rises to God. In Paul’s ministry on earth he acknowledged the people that always shared in his ...
... short of the Lord’s standard. The following is a typical attitude of the fortunate/rich at the time of godly deterioration: “O thirsty, come for a drink offering”. Due to the climatic state of Palestine, ...
... call, or simply your time - such small offerings can brighten someone’s darkest day and reflect the heart of God.
Never underestimate what’s in your hand. Like Peter and John, offer it in Jesus’ name. ...
... a waste that would be. The gift of Jesus (and any other gift from God for that matter) should cause us to respond. Romans 12:1-2 tells us to respond to God’s mercy by offering ourselves to Him as a living ...
... a reaction. An effort with a reward that is worthwhile. Our heavenly father seeks a relationship with us. He desires that we approach His throne of grace daily. He requires our songs of praise and offering ...
“But King David replied to Araunah. ‘No, I insist on paying the full price. I will not take for the LORD what is yours, or sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing.” (NIV) 1 Chronicles 21:24 ...
... charge any fee for offering salvation. Does that mean there is no cost attached? Remember nothing is free. Following Jesus comes with a cost in financial or non-financial terms. Salvation demands self-denial ...
... always there, reaching out, forgiving, and offering grace. But I, in my foolishness, took that love for granted.
In those moments when my heart was clouded with greed and self-interest, I failed to hold ...
"But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped ...
... Esau impatiently sold his birthright (blessing) to his brother (Genesis 25:24-34). King Saul, out of fear and impatience, disobeyed and offered a premature burnt offering to God (1 Samuel 13:7-13). Because ...
... follow Him, he walked away sorrowful (Matthew 19:16-22). What seemed right—his wealth and self-righteousness—was actually keeping him from God’s kingdom.
Again, Saul believed offering a sacrifice instead ...
... us to emulate His character, love. He thought about us and loved us so much by offering His Son to die for us. This is infinite and unconditional love. We are to show the same to “one another”, and that’s ...
... Instead, he helped guide Mutai to the true finish line. But God does even more for us, patiently offering second chances to do better (2 Peter 3:8-10). We are also reminded that God’s ways are higher than ...
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God...This is why it ...
... 12:27, 46. Through songs of praise, we thank our God. The last form we find in 2 Corinthians 9:11. Through giving or offering, we thank our God as well.
The most common forms of thanksgiving are prayer ...
... made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ". Thus having received the status of righteousness through Christ’s atonement, we have ...
... us to emulate His character, love. He thought about us and loved us so much by offering His Son to die for us. This is infinite and unconditional love. We are to show the same to “one another”, and that’s ...
