Day of Praise

We, Apr 10, 11th Day of Easter, "Day of Praise"

"One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty." - Proverbs 11:24

From time to time, we encourage meditating on a verse of God's Word. Meditating on God's Word is to repeat it over and over, again and again in your heart and mind throughout a day, and then watch the LORD show you again and again how he's always true to his word.

The meditation phrase for today that's connected to today's Bible verse is this, "You cannot outgive God."

Say it over and over:
"You cannot outgive God."
"You cannot outgive God."
"You cannot outgive God."
"You cannot outgive God."

I've seen this truth repeatedly for the last 34 of my 48 years of life. It's not only about getting money back when you give money as much as it's about receiving God's non-stop provision of "dumb luck" and "coincidence" and "a way out of temptation" and "a vindication of hope and faith in God."

However, when we give our resources (time, money, energy) generously, what we receive in return is not entirely divorced from money either; check out www.stateoftheplate.info to see the objective statistics for the financial realities for those who generously tithe (which means to freely give at least a "tenth"). These stats are another angle on that secular British Columbia, Canada study that scientifically showed that generous people are just flat out happier in life.

So how about if we add the slightest bit to our meditation. Say it over and over:
"You cannot outgive God. So give!"
"You cannot outgive God. So give!"
"You cannot outgive God. So give!"
"You cannot outgive God. So give!"

"One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty." - Proverbs 11:24

Praise God!




Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson