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Thur. 22/1/2015

Quarter’s Theme: Discovering Spiritual Maturity

Unit 2 Theme: Practicing Spiritual Maturity Essentials (Lessons 4-9)

Quarter’s Theme: Discovering Spiritual Maturity

Unit 2 Theme: Practicing Spiritual Maturity Essentials (Lessons 4-9)

Sunday 25/1/ 2015

LESSON 8

THE HABIT OF BIBLICAL GIVING

Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 223, 340

Devotional Reading: 2 CHRO. 29:31-36

Topic For Adults

IS MY GIVING MAKING ME HAPPY?

Topic For Youths

ARE YOU A CHEERFUL GIVER?

Topic For Intermediates

THERE IS BLESSING IN GIVING

Scripture Lessons

JN 3:16; MATT. 6:21; 1 TIM. 4:12-16; 6:17-19; PROV. 3:5,9-10; LK. 6:38; DEUT. 8:18; MAL. 3:8-10; 4:6-12; GAL. 6:6; 2 COR. 8:5;

 

Memory Verse:

“Honour the Lord with your possessions and with the first-fruits of all your increases, so your barns will be filled with plenty and your vats will overflow with new wine

(Prov. 3:9-10) NKJV.

 

DAILY DEVOTIONAL READING

Thur. 22/1/2015 

Giving Is Sowing; Harvest Is Guaranteed

2 Cor. 9:1-11

Our giving can be in the form of assistance to the needy, especially to saints. Giving is a form of sowing a seed. “He who has pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD and that which he has given will He pay him again” (Prov. 19: 17). “The generous soul will be made rich and he who waters will also be watered himself (Prov. 11: 25). The resources, which God gives us, have two components – the bread which we consume ourselves and the seed which God expects us to sow into the lives of other people. Our giving should be done willingly and not grudgingly. When we do it as a matter of obligation, we lose the reward. The harvest we reap is in proportion to our giving. He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Mature Christians know that giving is an avenue for bountiful harvest.

Point of Emphasis:        He has dispersed abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness endures forever.

Prayer Point:            God, give me the grace to give to support the needy in Jesus’ name.

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JEUDI 22/01/2015

DONNER, C’EST SEMER: LA MOISSON EST GARANTIE.

2CO. 9 :1-11

Notre don peut être sous forme d’assistance aux indigents, surtout aux saints. Donner est une forme de semer une semence. « Celui qui a pitié du pauvre prête à l’Éternel, qui lui rendra selon son œuvre» (Pro. 19:17). « L’âme bienfaisante sera rassasiée, et celui qui arrose sera lui-même arrosé » (Pro. 11:25). Les ressources que Dieu nous a données ont deux éléments – le pain que nous consommons nous-mêmes et la semence laquelle Dieu s’attend à ce que nous semions dans la vie d’autres personnes. Notre don doit être fait de bon gré et non avec tristesse. Quand nous le faisons par contrainte, nous perdons la récompense. La moisson que nous récoltons est proportionnelle à notre don. Celui qui sème peu moissonnera peu et celui qui sème abondamment récoltera abondamment. Les chrétiens mûrs savent que donner est une piste de moisson abondante.

Point essentiel : Il a fait des largesses, il a donné aux indigents, sa justice subsiste à jamais.

Axe de prière : Dieu, accorde-moi la grâce de donner pour le soutien des indigents au nom de Jésus.