GIFTS TO GOD – TIME
“There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1 (AMP) Having an understanding that God has given time to every human to use on earth to fulfil His will and purpose for them is one of the best gifts of […]
GIFTS TO GOD – LIFE
“Remember [thoughtfully] also your Creator in the days of your youth [for you are not your own, but His], before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say [of physical pleasures], “I have no enjoyment and delight in them.”” – Ecclesiastes 12:1 (AMP) The Preacher, Solomon the son of David, […]
THE HEART THAT GIVES
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and mind and with all your soul and with all your strength [your entire being].” – Deuteronomy 6:5 (AMP) God had been walking with the patriarchs of the children of Israel for generations even before they became a nation and He had always shown […]
SOLOMON: THE ABUNDANT GIVER
“The king went to Gibeon [near Jerusalem, where the tabernacle and the bronze altar stood] to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.” – 1 Kings 3:4 (AMP) Solomon became king after David, his father and anon he began to live in a way […]
DAVID: THE THOUGHTFUL GIVER (3)
“Now listen, with great trouble I have prepared and provided for the house of the Lord 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weighing, for they are great in quantity. I have also prepared and provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.” – 1 Chronicles 22:14 […]
DAVID: THE THOUGHTFUL GIVER (2)
“But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God which cost me nothing.” So David purchased the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.” – 2 Samuel 24:24 (AMP) Being a man […]
DAVID: THE THOUGHTFUL GIVER (1)
“And when those who were carrying the ark of the Lord [by its poles] had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling. And David was dancing before the Lord with great enthusiasm, and David was wearing a linen ephod [a priest’s upper garment].” – 2 Samuel 6:13-14 (AMP) David was the king […]
THE WIDOW WHO GAVE ALL
“A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a mite. Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this poor widow put in [proportionally] more than all the contributors to the treasury.” – Mark 12:42-43 (AMP) Once upon a […]
TABITHA: THE CHEERFUL GIVER
“Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, (which translated into Greek means Dorcas). She was rich in acts of kindness and charity which she continually did.” – Acts 9:36 (AMP) Giving is a core part of the life of any wholesome disciple of Christ. There are lots of debates as to whether giving […]
HANNAH – THE FAITHFUL GIVER
“She made a vow, saying, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction (suffering) of Your maidservant and remember, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life; a razor shall never touch his […]