DAY #36
in the
40 Day
Journey to Generosity
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When you help the poor
and needy don’t do it for public recognition.
Read the following verses. Think
and pray about the verse that applies the most to your life.
Matthew
6:2-4
(Jesus said) “When you give to the needy, do not announce it with
trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets,
to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their
reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left
hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be
in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will
reward you.”
Matthew 23:5-6
(Jesus said) “Everything they do is done for show…they love to sit
at the head table at banquets and in the reserved pews in the
synagogue!”
Luke 16:15
(Jesus said) “You wear a noble, pious expression in public, but God
knows your evil hearts. Your pretense brings you honor from the
people, but it is an abomination in the sight of God.”
John 5:44
You gladly honor each other, but you don’t care about the honor that
comes from the only God!
John 12:43
They loved praise from men more than praise from God.
He who bestows his goods upon the poor
shall have as much again, and ten times
more.
John Bunyan
Prosperity inebriates men, so that
they take delights in their own merits.
John Calvin
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Birthday Presents For Jesus At Christmas
Every
Christmas, my family would read the Bible story about Jesus’ birth
before our children got to open their Christmas presents. We would
always remind them it was Jesus’ birthday we were celebrating. But last
year, we realized if it's Jesus’ birthday we're celebrating, why aren’t
we giving any gifts to Jesus? The Bible says when you give to the least
of these, you're giving to the LORD. So, this past Christmas, we gave
each of our children a specific amount of money, which was worth far
more than the Christmas presents they'd be opening in a few minutes. We
then gave them a list of needy people and missionaries. Each of them had
to then choose and tell everyone how they were going to give the money
they had as a Christmas present to Jesus. Afterwards, we opened our
gifts.
This is a true story in a series of radio spots by Brian Kluth of
www.GiveWithJoy.org
and
www.kluth.org
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