Archive for the "Offerings to God" Category

08.Apr.2012 Easter 2012

Today, as we are celebrating and reflecting on the resurrection; we’re going to go back 2,000 years before the resurrection. Genesis 22 tells us about Abraham’s test of faith. At this time the world was Godless and broken. In all this, God found Abraham.

05.Mar.2012 Rise and Build, Next Generation, Part 2

Christ is asking us to lay down our lives, and pick up a cross. We all know what the cross meant to Christ, but what does the cross mean to us? It means surrender. On the cross Jesus surrendered all His rights.

26.Feb.2012 Rise and Build, Next Generation

What is the difference between a Son of the House and a Servant of the House? That is an excellent question. The answer is spread throughout the Bible. One of the main answers is, in a sense, another question. Are you a Son? Well, how is your fruit?

05.Feb.2012 The Tithe (part 1)

The tithe is found in both the Old and New Testaments. We see Abraham paying Melchizedek the High Priest a tenth of what he took as spoils of war, along with the first communion. People in those times learned to give their tithes of crops abundantly into the storehouse, a literal building that [...]

23.Feb.2011 First Fruits

Leviticus 23:9-11 (NLT): Then the Lord said to Moses, “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you enter the land I am giving you and you harvest its first crops, bring the priest a bundle of grain from the first cutting of your grain harvest. On the day after the Sabbath, the [...]

12.Sep.2010 The Response

Genesis 14:17-20 (NLT): After Abram returned from his victory over Kedorlaomer and all his allies, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High, brought Abram some bread and wine. Melchizedek blessed [...]

18.Jan.2008 Bringing our First Fruits in the New Year

It’s great to start the new year off the right way, with the favor of God. One way to do that is by bringing our first fruits to God and become generous, giving people. God is much more reliable than we are. When we can rely on God in everything, we can mix the abilities [...]

21.Sep.2007 Trusting in God’s Divine Provision

Luke 12 is a chapter mostly about money. Beware, it says. Don’t be greedy about what you don’t have, because real life is not measured by how much we own. In today’s society, this is difficult because people measure you and themselves by what they own. In this chapter, Jesus gives a parable about a [...]

29.Aug.2007 The Bible Principle of Sowing and Reaping

Genesis 2:8-9: Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made. The LORD God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of [...]

22.Jul.2007 The Multiplying Nature of God

Mark 8:14 – 21 – In this scripture, Jesus is angry at his disciples because they are focusing too much on what they have and what they see and are missing the revelation Jesus is trying to give them. Jesus says, beware of the yeast of the Pharisees – (yeast in the Bible represented sin [...]