Nov 30, 2020 … Our Best … Really?!

Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 335 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Matthew West singing … Do Something … powerfully singing of how God created us to “do something” in this world for His glory.  

Are we giving our best, ... REALLY?! 

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Highlight Passage:  Malachi 3:10 [ESV] ... 

10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. 

…  God’s promise to His people when we’re willing to bring our tithe to God.  

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  Malachi 3:6-10  [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God charges His people, thru the Prophet Malachi, to give their tithe, humbly and willingly, for God’s glory. 

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Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 3:9-10 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Solomon’s instruction to honor God with the FIRST FRUITS of our wealth, … not the leftovers!!

Reference Passage: … Luke 6:38 …  [ESV] … 

38 …give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

…  Jesus instructs His followers how to give … for God’s glory.  

Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 9:6-7, 11-12  [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Paul, teaches on pleasing God with our giving because God loves a cheerful giver. 

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Xochitl Dixon, AT THIS LINK illustrates God’s call for us to give our best for His glory by using the giving of shoes to a shelter to help those in need (see photo).

Perhaps then, … as we all take in the Scriptures above, my fellow Christian, … you, as am I, might be convicted to do more today to “DO SOMETHING,” as Matthew West sings in the linked song, … perhaps a bit more then we have in the past, … to help others.  So, let’s all ask ourselves if we’re giving what we can to honor our Lord with our time, talents, and treasures.  Are we giving our FIRST FRUITS; … or are we merely giving our leftovers?   

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for giving Your all to show us how we might give more for Your glory.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me to give our utmost for our Lord’s glory.    … Amen

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.