Giving entails a sacrifice

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: Giving entails a sacrifice

Jesus said, "Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" (Matt. 20:28, NIV).

Since godly giving entails a sacrifice, does he expect anything less from us?

Jesus observed a touching event when he watched people give contributions to the Temple. Many people gave considerable amounts. Then came a widow. She gave two coins amounting to less than a cent.
Then Jesus used her action as an object lesson for His disciples. Jesus was saying to His disciples that the size of the gift does not matter as much as the size of the sacrifice.
The woman could have kept one of the coins and everyone would have understood. But, she gave everything she had. She did not hold anything back.

The heart of Christianity says that you haven't given God anything until you have given God everything.

At 30, Florence Nightingale wrote in her diary, "I am thirty years of age, the age at which Christ began his mission. Now no more childish things, no more vain things. Now, Lord, let me think only of Thy will." Years later, near the end of her illustrious, heroic life, she was asked for her life's secret, and she replied, "Well, I can only give one explanation. That is, I have kept nothing back from God."

Note this friends, What you are keeping away from God will keep God away from you if you don't let it go.

LET US PRAY
FATHER IN JESUS NAME, HELP US TO GIVE YOU ALL THAT YOU REQUIRE OF US IN JESUS NAME.

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