“It’s not how much we give, but how much we put into giving,” I am reading on the sign standing on the footpath.

Thinking about it, reminds me of a portion of the Bible

There are two parts, namely “It’s not how much we give,” and “but how much we put into giving.”

“It’s not how much we give, but how much we put into giving.”

“IT’S NOT HOW MUCH WE GIVE.”

There are the rich people. They are giving big sums of money. The Lord Jesus Christ watched them doing it one day.

BUT HOW MUCH WE PUT INTO GIVING.”

But there are also the poor people.

On the same day when the Lord Jesus Christ watched the rich people offering lots of money, the Lord Jesus watched also a poor widow putting two lepta (two very small copper coins) into the temple treasury.

And what does the Lord Jesus Christ say? He said that the rich people are giving because they are so rich, but the poor widow “‘put in all she had to live on.'”

He said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.”

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Please read Mark 12:41 – 44 and Luke 21:1-4

THE BEST WAY TO COPE WITH A GLOOMY DAY, A DAY WITHOUT SUNSHINE, IS TO FIND SOMETHING REALLY PROFITABLE TO DO.

Werner Dekarski

What I saw written on the shirts of two people recently, made me ask them about their faith.

What the first person told me was most encouraging and I rejoiced, but what the other person said was quite disappointing.

THE CROSS

“And it shall be, when they say to you, Why do you sigh? that you shall answer, Because of the tidings.

Ezekiel 21:7

Intr.:

When it comes,

1.  every heart will melt and
2. all hands will be feeble and
3. every spirit will faint and
4. all knees will be weak as water.
   

   “EVERY HEART”

“ALL HANDS”

End:

Behold, it comes, and it shall be fulfilled, says the Lord God.”

SUNFLOWER

“‘I LOOKED FOR A MAN AMONG THEM WHO WOULD BUILD UP THE WALL AND STAND BEFORE ME IN THE GAP ON BEHALF OF THE LAND SO I WOULD NOT HAVE TO DESTROY IT, BUT I FOUND NONE.'” – Ezekiel 22:30

“Difficult roads often lead to a beautiful destination.”

“CONSIDER IT PURE JOY, MY BROTHERS, WHENEVER YOU FACE TRIALS OF MANY KINDS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH DEVELOPS PERSEVERANCE.” – James 1:2,3