Offering—- Generously or Sparingly is an act motivated by an attitude: Mark 12:41-44 Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much. 41 Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. 42 { amps says… half a cent. } So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; 43 for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.” 44
God wants “your heart” involved in your giving 2 Cor 9:7 NLT
You must each decide IN YOUR HEART how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For GOD LOVES a person who GIVES CHEERFULLY.”
Offering Song— 1 song 5) Sermon ——Walking with God like... Shammah
It is vital to know & understand the will of God. Col 1:9-10 NKJ For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; vs 9 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; vs 10
Never assume that people are walking in integrity... just because they are moving in power gifting's. Eccl 7:8 amp Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it... Eccl 7:8 NLT Finishing is better than starting...
Many think about the beginning of their life... but never consider what the end of their life will be. Build your life on the Rock Matt 7:24-25 Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:
and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.” James 1:21-25 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. 1 Cor 9:27 NKJ But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. ( shipwrecked ) The mighty men of David... were very skilled 2 Sam 23:8, 11-12 .... Adino the Eznite, because he had killed eight hundred men at one time. vs 8 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a piece of ground full of lentils. So the people fled from the Philistines. vs 11
But he stationed himself in the middle of the field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. So the Lord brought about a great victory. vs 12
Shammah was one of David's most remarkable of his mighty men
Shammah did not think just like a farmer... he thought like a soldier Most of the people were willing to let the enemy take that little patch of ground... why waste the effort.