What does Jesus have to say about money? This is a collection of most of the teachings Jesus had on money. Several of these stories are repeated in various forms throughout the Gospels and the repeats are not included here. Take time to ponder these and think through what this means to us today.
Luke 6.30
Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Read more
Tabitha’s Closet is open tomorrow morning 8-12 at The Park at Zoar United Methodist Church. If you are volunteering with us you can be there at 7:15. The store will remain open until Noon and then we will need to clean up and put the place back together. You can come anytime during this time to help. Use the map below to get directions. See you there!
We are still in need of more 30 gal. black plastic bags. Please bring these with you if you are coming.
For The Glory… Money (pt.1)
The word tithe literally means “a tenth”. It is rooted in the OT idea of giving a tenth of what you own. A closer look into Scriptures and we discover the OT concept of the tithe is not as simple as giving 10%. There were actually 3 tithes recorded in the OT, each slightly different from the other. The total amount given came to 20% or possibly, at times, up to 30% each year. Below is the breakdown of each tithe: Read more
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
1 Cor. 10.31
I often feel the need to do great things for God to be glorified in me. But the simple truth is that we can and do glorify God in the small stuff, the eating and drinking stuff, the 99% of our time stuff. Big things do come for some of us, but most of us will live normal-crazy lives with normal-crazy schedules in a normal-crazy family. So if we spend our lives waiting until something big comes for our lives to count for God’s glory, then we just may spend the rest of our lives waiting…
Everyday there are dishes, and laundry, and kids, and appointments, and 1st shifts, and 2nd shifts, and 3rd shifts, and brushing teeth, and going to the park, and eating dinner, and taking the kids, and cleaning the bathrooms, and painting the walls, and shopping, and paying bills, and talking to friends, and folding the towels, and making lists, and on and on and on. This is life, and this is where glory is won or lost. God is not waiting for us to get this stuff done so we can get on with glorifying Him. He is waiting for us to glorify Him in doing this stuff.
But how do we do stuff “for His glory”? How can dishes and laundry, eating and drinking be done for the glory of God? Read more
A changed world will only come about when we are changed humans. God is at work within His world when he is at work within us. He is a HUGE and amazing God - the creator of worlds, and the recreator of us. Wow.
Check out this great post by Mike Bishop at www.whatischurch.com. Best line… “We think it’s about changing the world – He knows it’s about changing us.”
Welcoming a New Reality
Check this out over at YouTube. Susan Boyle sings, “I Dreamed a Dream”
I love the judges remarks! Especially the comments from the girl judge. Isn’t it always better when it’s unexpected? Maybe that is part of why God chooses the foolish of this world to serve as his wake-up call. He chooses the beaten and the torn, the broken and the desperate to become his light that shines his glory and fame. He chooses us - the foolish - to confound and astound the wise and the powerful.
May we be the fools… 1 Corinthians 1.27
Today is a celebration of the beginnings of all restoration. This blog post from Curt Harding captures this beautifully in light of the recent tornado destruction in Tennessee. Angels with Chainsaws (via http://curtharding.wordpress.com)
What joy, this promise of redemption; what love, this sacrifice given;
What hope, all things made new; what now, but new life for me and you.
Today is the day when all life is promised restoration. The day where all lost hope is given new life. The moment when the forces of evil were put on notice… Your time is running out. May we now be the people of resurrection, the people through whom this new life flows, the people who stare down the powers of evil, the people who live lives declaring that even though there is evil around us there is hope, there is love, there is faith, there is redemption.
Amen.
Tony Campolo is a man whose life has been about expanding and advancing the Kingdom of Heaven into this world. He has challenged Christians in America to live out a faith that explains the Good News. Years ago he preached a message called, “It’s Friday, But Sunday’s Coming”. The words and challenges in the message continue to resonate with all of us today. May they challenge you to live a life beyond the darkness threatening to oppresses us and those around us. And may your words and actions declare to a hurting world that God is on a mission to restore and redeem us all.
It’s Friday, But Sunday’s Coming (via tonycampolo.org)
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As I was driving home the other night, I was thinking about what this week must have been like in the life of Jesus. As I mentioned on Tuesday, I think it is difficult at times for us to identify with the “humanness” of Jesus’ life–the idea that even though he was both God and man, there is a certain degree of suffering and misery that is irrevocably part of the human condition.
5 days ago was Palm Sunday, and it was the height of Jesus’ popularity. He was celebrated as a king and people rejoiced when they saw him coming; in the words of Mel Brooks, “It’s good to be the king.” From a purely human standpoint, it had to be a welcome change, don’t you think? After all, for most of his life, Jesus had been on the fringes of accepted, mainstream society–he was around, he went to the parties, but most people weren’t really comfortable with him. People wanted what He could do, not who he was.
But for one brief day, all of that changed–suddenly, He was POPULAR. Everybody wanted him around–it was his “15 minutes of fame.”
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