DEFINITION The offering is a gift to God after our tithes. SCRIPTURE READING Ephesians 4:28, “Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.” MAIN… Read More »Lesson 11: Giving Offerings is Sharing with Others
Acts 9:1-32 NIV 9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples.He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way,whether men or women, he might… Read More »Acts Part 14: The Road to Damascus and the Way to Christ
DEFINITION The offering is a gift to God after our tithes. SCRIPTURE READING 2 Corinthians 9:13, “Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity… Read More »Lesson 10: Offerings Require Obedience
Acts 8:26-40 NIV 26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake… Read More »Acts Part 13: The One
DEFINITION The offering is a gift to God after our tithes. SCRIPTURE READING 2 Corinthians 9:12, “This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.” MAIN POINTS SERVICE YOU… Read More »Lesson 9: Offerings Supply the Ministry
Acts 1b-25 NIV On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. 2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged… Read More »Acts Part 12: Revival in Samaria
Psalm 11 NIV For the director of music. Of David. 1 In the Lord I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain.2 For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the stringsto shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.3 When the… Read More »When the Foundations are Destroyed: What Happened in Uvalde, Texas
DEFINITION The offering is a gift to God after our tithes. SCRIPTURE READING 2 Corinthians 9:9, “As it is written: ‘They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.” MAIN POINTS FREELY SCATTERED: When we give our offerings we should do so freely… Read More »Lesson 8: Offerings Can Be Used for Charity
Acts 6:8-15 NIV 8 Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia—who… Read More »Acts Part 11: A Martyr for Christ
DEFINITION The offering is a gift to God after our tithes. SCRIPTURE READING 2 Corinthians 9:11, “You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.” MAIN POINTS THANKSGIVING: People… Read More »Lesson 7: Offerings Result in Thanksgiving