Nov 5 2026 …  Generosity To Others

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …   and PLEASE take the time to listen to an unnamed Christian artist singing … Generosity … telling of God’s calls for His chosen/faithful to be generous in giving of their (our) time, talent, and treasure to help others.

Giving generously to help others ... 

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Highlight Passage : … Joshua 15:19 [NLT]

…   19  She [Caleb’s daughter] said, “Give me another gift. You have already given me land in the Negev; now please give me springs of water, too.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.   

… Caleb generously provides land and water to his daughter.

Reference Passage: …  Joshua 15:13-19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…   God calls for Joshua to give a generous portion of the Lord’s land to Caleb, who provided land and water generously to Caleb’s daughter.

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Reference Passage: …  Psalms 112: 5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …    

…  God’s unnamed psalmist sings of God rewarding believers who give generously to help others in need.

Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 11:24-25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Solomon shows that God will reward the generous giver.

Reference Passage: …  Malachi 3:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God, thru the Prophet Malachi, calls for God’s chosen to bring their tithes into the Temple storehouse to benefit those in need.

Reference Passage: …  Matthew 6:19-20 ...  USE THIS LINK … 

…  Jesus, in His sermon on the mount, calls for His followers to generously store up treasures in heaven rather than here on earth. 

Reference Passage:  Luke 6:38 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Luke calls on fellow Christians to give generously and sacrificially to help fellow Christians. 

Reference Passage: 2Corinthians 9:6-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teach truth, quoting from Solomon (i.e., Prov 22:8), about giving generously to help others.

 

My Devotional Journal:  Today’s Our Daily Bread from Tim Gustafson …  USE THIS LINK    the ODB author relates a true incident in which a superstar NFL football player was resting on the sidelines from the end of a game; and his coach came to Barkley, giving him the opportunity to go back into the game and set an NFL record for yardage gained in a season; but Barkley refused saying, “I’d rather see the young boys eat.” 

What Barkley was saying was that he’d rather give the opportunity for his younger teammates to play rather than set a record for himself.  And that is exactly the teaching point being made in today’s ODB entry, the linked song, and the Scriptures shared above … that we are called to be willing to give a portion of what God has given us to help others in this life.  Personally, I’m convicted to give more to help others in my life.  How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank you for for what you’ve give me to give back and help others. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for  giving to us so that we can give to others.  …  Amen

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