(Always Plan Your Offerings)
Rhapsody Of Realities TeeVo
Sunday, May 25th 2025
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome PhD
TO THE BIBLE:
2 Corinthians 9:7 AMPC
“Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion….”
LET’S TALK
Lena sighed regretfully as she crumpled the last note in her purse in the offering bag. This was her usual routine—giving whatever change she had as her offering.
Joy, her friend, noticed this, and asked her after the church service, “Lena, do you even plan your offerings?”
“Plan? I just give what I have at the moment,” Lena admitted.
Some have the misconception that giving offerings to God involves giving away your “excess” or what you don’t really need. Such an approach can lead to financial instability and challenges down the road. Plan your giving and recognise the holiness and sanctity of your offerings. Jesus said in Luke 6:38, “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom….” Prayerfully plan what you will be giving as your offerings, which, by the way, are different from your tithes, firstfruits, or special seeds. This is an integral part of your financial stewardship. Plan your offerings and give them joyfully. This is the way to position yourself to always walk in God’s superabundant blessings in every area of your life. Praise God!
GO DEEPER
Luke 6:38
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
2 Corinthians 9:6-7 AMPC
[Remember] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously and with blessings. 7 Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, “prompt to do it”) giver [whose heart is in his giving].
PRAY
Dear Father, I thank you for the privilege and blessings of giving my offerings. I’m taking actions to do it consistently, reverently and joyfully with the wisdom of God. Therefore, I walk in abundant blessings, bearing increased fruits of righteousness, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
DAILY BIBLE READING
ONE YEAR:
John 11:17-57, 2 Kings 13-15
TWO YEAR:
1 Corinthians 12:12-21, Proverbs 21
ACT
Understand that tithes, offerings, firstfruits, and special seeds serve different purposes in financial stewardship and set aside a portion of what you receive specifically for giving, rather than giving leftovers.
Extract From Rhapsody of Realities TeeVo
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