DCLM Sincere Milk 5 January 2024 — Pleasing God With Your Giving
DCLM Sincere Milk 5 January 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Pleasing God With Your Giving
Topic: Pleasing God With Your Giving
Text: Luke 21:1-4
1And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
2And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
3And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
4For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
Key Verse: “And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:” Luke 21:3
Message
The Bible says, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” God demonstrated this to mankind by giving His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ to die for our sins (John3:16). God expects everyone to give to meet the needs of other people. Some of the things you can give are: your money for God’s work and the needy; your time to serve God; your talents to use in God’s house and within the community you live, materials, that is items that you have in excess so that others can also benefit from them. It may even be what you are using – share it with others.
The woman that Christ mentioned in our Bible passage of today was referred to as a poor widow (a woman whose husband is dead). She did not consider her condition, rather she willingly and joyfully offered what she had and was commended by Jesus. Let your giving please God at all times and He will bless you abundantly in return.
Further Reading: Luke 6:38
Prayer for today: God, please give me a giving as You want me to do.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
