Showing posts with label Provider God. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Provider God. Show all posts

Friday 6 November 2009

Blessed are those who freely give


"Blessed are those who can give without questioning"
- Marcus Ampe

"Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting."
- Unknown

Though you can give without loving, you can’t love without giving.
- Tom Drout

This is all the inheritance I can give to my dear family.
The religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed.
- Patrick Henry

The world says, The more you take, the more you have.
Christ says, the more you give, the more you are.
- Frederick Buechner

If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.
- Robert Harris

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.
- Jim Elliot


"Now one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. So Jesus answered and said, "Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?" And He said to him, "Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well."
Luke 17:15-19

Jehovah, Lord of Lords, I am grateful for all the good that I get from you.
Give that I may share the many good things with others.
I ask you that I shall be able to give freely without expecting anything in its place.
Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Zalig diegenen die vrij kunnen geven
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2013 update:
Christ and the Samaritan
Christ and the Samaritan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)


Please do find to read:
  1. Walking in love by faith, not by sight
  2. Jesus and his God
  3. How is it that Christ pleased God so perfectly?
  4. Our relationship with God, Jesus and each other
  5. The high calling of God in Christ Jesus
  6. God receives us on the basis of our faith
  7. A Living Faith #1 Substance of things hoped for
  8. A Living Faith #2 State of your faith
  9. A Living Faith #3 Faith put into action
  10. A Living Faith #7 Prayer
  11. Praise and give thanks to God the Most Highest
  12. Some one or something to fear #6 Faith in the Most High
  13. Listening and Praying to the Father
  14. The LORD protects those of childlike faith
  15. God is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him
  16. Feed Your Faith Daily
  17. People who know how to pray to move God to take hold of our affairs in a mighty way
  18. Give your worries to God
  19. Does God hear prayer?
  20. Does God answer prayer?
  21. Prayer, important aspect in our life
  22. Communion and day of worship
  23. If you think you’re too small to be effective
  24. Sometimes we pray and pray and it seems like nothing happens.
  25. Prayer has the power to change mountains into highways
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Sunday 8 March 2009

God Feeds The Birds

God Feeds The Birds
MATTHEW 6:26 LB
26 Look at the birds! They don't worry about what to eat-- they don't need to sow or reap or store up food -- for your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than they are.
 

English: Female House Sparrow, Bairnsdale Aust...
English: Female House Sparrow, Bairnsdale Australia. Taken in September 2006. See also Image:House sparrow03.jpg. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Have you ever watched birds eating on a snowy day? It takes some effort on their part. They don't just sit in a heated house waiting for someone to bring them food.
Is God feeding them? Directly or indirectly?
Jesus stated clearly that God is the one who provides food for the birds. This implies that God provides for every creature.
Yet, if a bird sits still, instead of gathering the food God has provided for them, they will starve.
Yes, the birds can be a good lesson for us. They don't worry. Neither should we. They gather what God provides for them. So should we.

I don't know whether the birds are thankful to God, or not. But we should be thankful. And we should recognize that God is the Source of all the good that we enjoy in life.

So work, but don't worry. (And if you can't do normal work -- still don't worry, because God cares more for you than He does the birds, and He will provide for you somehow.)
SAY THIS: God cares for the birds, so I know He will take care of me.

-   a devotion





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