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🍲 A.G DAILY DEVOTIONAL–EVANGEL DAILY MEAL
Sunday 21st July, 2024
TOPIC: OUR OFFERINGS AND OUR HEART CONDITIONS
📖 TODAY'S TEXT:
Malachi 1:6-14
🔑 KEY VERSE:
"Never sacrifice sick or defective cattle, sheep or goats to the LORD your God for he detests such gifts" (Deut. 17:1, NLT).
🖊️ COMMENTARY
The Old Testament reveals that God set forth high standards for tithes and other sacrifices He required of His people. A worthy sacrifice had to cost the people something. As their hearts shifted away from God, the people began struggling to give God costly offerings. They would bring blind, lame, and sick animals, assuming God could not tell the difference. God saw what they were doing and declared their offerings to be in vain.
Throughout the Old Testament period, God was setting the stage for the ultimate, perfect, and sinless sacrifice of His Son for the sins of humanity. God's love moved Him to sacrifice that which meant the most to Him-His only Son. Our response, if we truly understand His love for us, is the desire to give back to God that which means the most to us.
The offerings we give back to God reveal our hearts' condition. A heart that overflows with gratitude for God's love will respond in selfless devotion. If we are unwiling to sacrifice our time, our possessions, our money, or our energy, we indicate that we do not love God as He desires. God takes delight in the person who gives to Him cheerfully out of a loving heart, a person who understands that God is the source of everything he has and who knows that God will more than compensate for whatever is sacrificed for Him (2 Cor. 9:8).
If you struggle in giving your best offerings to God, pause and reflect on what God sacrificed for you. Trust Him and give Him the best that you have because you love Him with all your heart.
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📜 ONE YEAR BIBLE STUDY PLAN
Hosea 8-14
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🎚 CONTROLLING THOUGHTS
God desires that we form the habit of giving back to Him that which means the most to us.
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🙏🏿 PRAYER
Lord, I promise to always give you the best and take the rest.
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I Remain My Humble Self @Joshbam
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