When there’s a disparity between what we want to do for others and what we actually can, we’re looking at an issue of margin. We know that there’s need in our church, in our community and in our world. However, if we’re tapped out on our resources – our time, money and talents because we’ve been pushing the needle to the red, it might be time to re-evaluate and re-prioritize. Dr Richard Swenson, author of
2 Corinthians 9:11 “You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.” I enjoy cooking at home. In fact, most of the time I prefer it to eating out. So I’m always looking up recipes to dishes I’m interested in making. And when I’m eating at a restaurant and try something that I’d like to make at home, it’s usually not long before I’m
2 Corinthians 9:8 “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” One of the most popular symbols of Thanksgiving is the cornucopia, the woven horn filled with food and flowers. The word translated from the latin, “horn of plenty” represents abundance, and from our earliest roots as a nation we have celebrated the plenty that
Luke 14:13-14 “But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” In this passage, Jesus continues his discussion on generosity, specifically in the area of hospitality. First among considerations when planning the perfect party needs to be the invite list. Normally when someone considers who to invite, the usual suspects
Luke 12:33-34 “Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Do a quick search on Youtube on “what to invest in” and the opinions and advice runs on page after page, from folks you’ve heard of (Warren Buffet,
Matthew 25:14-30 “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two
