July 8, 2011
The preacher was new to the town and began visiting his new flock. He stopped by the office of a businessman, who trying to impress the new preacher said, “Reverend, every week I have my secretary mail a check to the church.”
A missionary was witnessing to the chief of a primitive tribe. The chief wanted to impress the missionary and offered her horses, blankets and jewelry. The missionary replied, “My God does not want the chief’s horses, blankets and jewelry. My God wants the chief himself.” The chief smiled and said, “You have a very wise God, for when I give Him myself He also gets horses, blankets, and jewelry.”
When we receive our Sunday offering the slide on the power point screen reads: Extravagant Generosity: A Matter of the Heart. This is the message of Paul in chapter eight. All of our gifts and offerings to God should begin in our heart as we remember “the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.” (8:9)
When we remember this we will do well in our offerings.
What does today’s reading reveal to you about God?
What does it reveal to you about yourself?
Think about what God wants you to do or remember about this passage.
Does God want you to change anything in your life?
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