FIRSTFRUITS – OUR BEST Wednesday Read: 1 John 3:14-21 ” 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him. 16 This is how we…

FIRSTFRUITS – OUR BEST Tuesday Read: Luke 10:25-37 25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and…

FIRSTFRUITS – OUR BEST Monday Read: Proverbs 3:9-10 9 Honor the Lord with your wealth,    with the firstfruits of all your crops;10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing,    and your vats will brim over with new wine. (NIV) Study: Where do we start with these two verses? At initial glance, these verses seem to be a simple formula on how to…

GENEROUS GIFTS Friday Read: Matthew 13:24-30 ” 24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. 27 “The owner’s servants…

GENEROUS GIFTS Thursday Read: Galatians 5:22-25; 2 Peter 1:4-8 ” 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. ”…

GENEROUS GIFTS Wednesday Read: Leviticus 19:9-10, Deuteronomy 24:19-22 ” 9 ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I…

GENEROUS GIFTS Tuesday Read: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 ” 6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that…

GENEROUS GIFTS Monday Read: Genesis 4:2-10 ” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with…