GIFTS TO GOD – TALENT
“For it is just like a man who was about to take a journey, and he called his servants together and entrusted them with his possessions. To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and then he went on his journey.” – Matthew 25:14-15 […]
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 […]