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ALmin]:"
| Excel in Giving |
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| TODAY’S SCRIPTURE |
| “But since you excel in everything — in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you — see that you also excel in this grace of giving.” |
| (2 Corinthians 8:7, NIV) |
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| TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria |
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Paul
said in Second Corinthians, “I want you to excel in the gracious
ministry of giving.” He could have said, “I want you to excel in
business, excel in sports, excel in medicine.” That’s all good. But he
said, “What I want you to really be great at, what I want you to excel
in is giving.”
I’ve
made up my mind I’m going to live my life as a giver and not a taker.
If you get around me, I better warn you, you’re going to get blessed.
I’m going to study ways that I can be good to you. I’m going to
encourage you. I’m going to buy your dinner. I’m going to be good to
your
children. I’m going to help make your dreams come to pass. See, when I
come to the end of my life, I don’t want people to say, “Oh yeah, Joel
had that big church, didn’t he? He wrote some nice books.” No, I want
them to say, “Joel was a giver. Joel made me better. Joel brightened my
day. Joel was good to me.”
Let
that be your desire, too, to leave people better off than when you met
them. Excel in the grace of giving and glorify God in all you do!
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| A PRAYER FOR TODAY |
| Father, thank You for empowering me to do good to others. Show me ways that I can be a blessing to others and honor You in all that I do in Jesus’ name. Amen. |
| — Joel & Victoria Osteen |
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