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stewardship CHILDREN OF GOD; AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE. CHILDREN COME INTO OUR LIVES…AND LOVE ALL THROUGH LIFE, EVEN THOUGH THEY MEY GROW OLDER AND MOVE AWAY BUT WE WILL ALWAYS CONSIDER THEM OUR CHILDREN. THE SAME IS TRUE AOUT EACH OF US WE ALWAYS ARE GOING TO BE GODS CHILDREN NO MATTER WHAT OUR AGE OR CIRCUMSTANCE AND GODS LOVING PRESENCE IS ALWAYS WITH US. AS CHILDREN HE TEACHES US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW TO FULLY LIVE OUR LIVES. EVERY MOMENT OF OUR LIVES IS ONE IN WHICH WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR SELVES, ABOUT THOSE AROUND US, AND MORE ABOUT OUR WONDERS WITH GOD. GOD BLESSES AND LOVES THE CHILD WITHIN EACH OF US FOR WE HAVE BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE GOD’S CHERISHED CHILDREN. AS WE GIVE OUR OFFERING THIS MORNING LET US BE OBEDIENT TO OUR FATHER AND DO WHAT IS PLEASING TO HIM. “GIVING PROVES THE SINCERITY OF OUR LOVE.” IT’S EASY TO SING THE SONG “OH HOW I LOVE JESUS”, BUT THE REAL MEASURE OF OUR LOVE IS SHOWN BY HOW MUCH OF WHAT WE HAVE IS GIVEN TO HIM. (IN OTHER WORDS DO NOT JUST TELL ME YOU LOVE ME, DO SOMETHING FOR ME, SHOW ME THAT YOU LOVE ME.) WHEN WE ARE EMOTIONALLY MOVED BY THE NEEDS OF OTHERS, WE INTEND TO DO A LOT, BUT OUR REAL CONCERN IS MEASURED BY OUR GIVNG. LET GOD SEE THAT OUR LOVE IS SINCERE THIS MORNING AS WE WORSHIP HIM WITH OUR TITHES AND OFFERING. CONCERNING THE OFFERING. MOSES SAID, THOU SHOULD SET IT BEFORE THE LORD THY GOD. WOULD IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN OUR GIVING THIS MORNING IF, INSTEAD OF PLACING OUR ENVELOPES IN THE OFFERING PLATE, WE PLACED THEM IN THE HANDS OF THE LORD JESUS HIMSELF? THIS, OF COURSE, IS WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING; GIVING, NOT FROM OUR POCKET OR OUR PURSE TO THE CHURCH, BUT FROM OUR HEART TO THE LORD. MAY THIS DETERMINE OUR GIVINGS AS WE WORSHIP OUR LORD WITH OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS. LET’S GIVE WITH AN APPRECIATION FOR LOOK TO THE PAST, WITH GREAT GRATITUDE TO GOD OUR MAKER, AND WITH ALLEGIANCE TO CHRIST, WHO HAS COME TO US. WE BRING GIFTS IN CELEBRATION. LOOK TO THE PRESENT WITH AWARENESS THAT WE ARE THE USERS, STEWARDS, AND MANAGERS OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE POSSESSED BY GOD. WE BRING OUR GIFTS WITH A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY. LOOK TO THE FUTURE AS WE LAY PLANS FOR THE DIFFERENCE THAT THIS CONGREGATION WILL MAKE HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD FOR WHATEVER TIME IS LEFT AS WE BRING GIFTS TODAY, WE ARE AWARE THAT WE ARE A PART OF GOD’S TIMELESS CONTINUUM, AND WE HAVE A SENSE OF GRATITUDE FOR THE PAST AND PRESENT, AND EXCITEMENT Praise god Our creator-our provider THANKSGIVING IS NOT ONLY A TIME FOR SAYING THANKS, WHICH IS ALWAYS POLITE; IT IS A TIME OF SHOWING THAT WE ARE THANKFUL. GIVING THANKS EMPHASIZES THE GIFT. BEING THANKFUL EMPHASIZES THE GIVER AND INSPIRE US TO BRING TO HIM NOT ONL WORDS BUT SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC. AS THANKFUL PEOPLE WE SET AN EXAMPLE WITH OUR OFFERINGS, OUR LOVE FOR GOD WHO FIRST LOVED US, AND HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR US. AS WE GIVE OUR OFFERINGS THIS MORNING, LET US KEEP IN MIND EVERY DAY SHOULD BE A DAY OF THANKSGIVING. WITH THANKSGIVING JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY; “LET US COME BEFORE HIS PRESENCE WITH THANKSGIVING.” THOU SHALL NOT APPEAR BEFORE THE LORD EMPTY-HANDED. EVERY MAN SHALL GIVE AS HE IS ABLE ACCORDING TO THE BLESSING OF THE LORD WHICH HE HAS GIVEN YOU. AT THANKSGIVING WE SIT DOWN & ENJOY THE BLESSING OF ABUNDENCE BUT IT IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO FOR OTHERS-THOSE WHO WOULD TRULY GIVE THANKS SEEK AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANKFULLY GIVE. AS WE GO FORTH WITH OUR THANKSGIVING CELEBRATIONS FROM THE LAND OF THE PLENTY, SHALL WE BE REMINDED TO ACTUALLY THANK GOD WHO HAS GIVEN EVERY BIT OF WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE HAVE. LET US WORSHIP THE LORD AT THIS THANKSGIVING TIME ACCORDING TO HIS BLESSING UPON US WITH THANKFUL HEARTS. HAVE YOU EVER WORKED A JIGSAW PUZZLE? EACH PIECE IS UNIQUE AND NO TWO WILL REALLY FIT IN THE SAME PLACE. WITHOUT EVERY PIECE THE PUZZLE IS INCOMPLETE. BUT WHEN EACH PIECE IS SLOTTED IN THE RIGHT PLACE, THEY MAKE UP AN AMAZING LOVELY PICTURE. GIVING TIME OFFERS US ONE REMINDER OF THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF EACH PIECE—EACH MEMBER OF THE CHURCH FAMILY. EACH ONE OF US MAKES OUR CONTRIUTIONS TO THE PICTURE! EACH ONE OF US IS REALLY IMPORTANT! BUT THEN IF ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE—ONE OF US BECOMES BENT, TWISTED, DISTORTED N ANY WAY AND CANNOT FILL THE SLOT, THEN THE CHURCH IS INCOMPLETE AND KINDOM BUILDING NOT SO LOVELY IF WE FAIL IN OUR PART. EACH OF US SHOULD ASK RIGHT NOW, “AM I FILLING MY SLOT”? AM I MAKING A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE? IN WHAT WAYS CAN I MAKE A FULLER PICTURE? ONE WAY COMES IN THE SHARING OF THAT PART OF OUR FAMILY’S LIFE THAT IS EXPRESSED IN OUR GIVING OF TITHE AND OFFERINGS. WHEN JESUS WAS BORN, HIS PARENTS BROUGHT HIM TO THE TEMPLE, AND SIMEON SAID, HE IS “A LIGHT TO LIGHTEN THE GENTILES.” EACH MONTH EACH OF US RECEIVES A LIGHT BILL. IT ALWAYS HURTS A LITTLE TO PAY IT, BUT WHO WOULD RATHER LIVE IN THE DARK? WE CHOOSE NOT TO, AND WE ARE WILLING TO PAY THE LIGHT BILL. AT CHRISTMAS TIME WE USE EVEN MRE LIGHT, KNOWING THE BILL WIL GO UP; BUT WE WOULD NOT WAND TO CELEBRATE THE COMING OF THE SAVIOR WITHOUT LIGHT. AND SO WE LET THE LIGHT SHINE AND PAY THE BILL. THERE IS A GOSPEL LIGHT BILL TOO, BUT, BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE PAID IT YEARS AGO FOR US WE LIVE IN THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL INSTEAD OF IN SPIRITUAL DARKNESS. AND NOW WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO PAY IT FOR SOMEONE ELSE. WE COULD LET THEM LIVE IN DARKNESS, BUT IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE GIVE TODAY, THAT HIS LIGHT MAY SHINE FARTHER, EVEN TO THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH, AS WELL AS HERE AT HOME. AMEN… Bibliography:

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