Bible Verse of The Day – 8-27-20

Exodus 25:2 (NKJV) 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.

It’s important that we give an offering to God. Just as important is how we give it. And He does take note

He is looking for a willing heart, not a heart that says, “well, I need Him to do this for me, so I’ll give to Him an offering and we will see what happens from there”.

Even if God does nothing for us in return, our heart needs to be right as we do the right thing.

I remember many years ago there was this little boy who was around 10 yrs. of age. One day, as he saw his single Mom put her offering in an envelope, he said, “Mom, how much money is in there?”.

She told him and he said, “WOW…that’s a lot of money to give to the church.”

Isn’t it funny how satan can even use a child at times to dissuade us from doing the right thing?

At that moment, he planted a seed in his Mom’s heart; a seed of doubt regarding her giving. From that day, forward, she began to question it. Her offering got smaller and smaller, until she gave no more.

And today, she is on a different path. Her heart has grown hard.

If we let our mind speak to our heart about our offering to God, we will most likely pull back on our giving, and our willingness to give will be tainted. It is also very possible that our heart and walk may change too.

When our mind starts to question our heart’s willingness to give, we will talk ourselves out of what we are to give every time.

Give with a willing heart what is rightfully God’s, and then some. God sees our willingness and we will reap from it. It won’t go unnoticed.

Are we struggling with giving to God today? Did someone or a situation arise and plant a seed of doubt in our heart?

Resist it and do what is right. Give willingly to God what is His, and watch our every need be met and more so.

God is faithful, and He watches for our willingness and obedience as to how we handle what He has blessed us with.

2 Corinthians 9:7 (NKJV) 7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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