
22 APR: REFRESHING OTHERS
Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion. 2 Corinthians 9:7
Today’s Scripture: CLICK TO READ LUKE 3:7–14
A pastor breathed life into the phrase “He’d give you the shirt off his back” when he gave this unsettling challenge to his church: “What would happen if we took the coats off our backs and gave them to the needy?” Then he took his own coat and laid it at the front of the church. Dozens of others followed his example. This was during the winter, so the trip home was less comfortable that day. But for dozens of people in need, the season warmed up just a bit.
When John the Baptist roamed the Judean wilderness, he had a stern warning for the crowd that came to hear him. “You brood of vipers!” he said. “Produce fruit in keeping with repentance” (Luke 3:7–8). Startled, they asked him, “What should we do then?” He responded with this advice: “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same” (verses 10–11). True repentance produces a generous heart.
Because “God loves a person who gives cheerfully”, giving should never be guilt-based or pressured (2 Corinthians 9:7). But when we give freely and generously, we find that it truly is more blessed to give than to receive.
Reflect & Pray
Lord, thank You for the many ways You bless us. Forgive us for so often taking Your goodness for granted. Show us what we have that we might use to bless someone else today.
Whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. Proverbs 11:25
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Thank you for this devotion. I learnt a lesson. If a lion, a tiger and a bear can live in unity what more can I say.
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Thank you for this devotion. Thanking God is so important
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No one understands like Jesus. Thank you for there encouraging words.
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Most powerful, thank you for being the ruler of my life and of the world. Thank you for being a good God.
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God’s power and rule over all of nature and nations is certain assurance that He rules over our small lives.
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I love you father for every hard road you help me with my son Felix ,
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