Galatians 6:2: Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. This is an encouraging verse to end this month of mediations on. All people have burdens that they carry, to include physical ailment, mental disorder, family crisis, unemployment and a host of other things. And, no Christian is exempted from burdens because of their… Read More »

Matthew 5:10-12: Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.… Read More »

1 Corinthians 13:9-13: For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly,… Read More »

1 Corinthians 13:1-8: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If… Read More »

2 Corinthians 9:6-8: The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things… Read More »

Acts 20:35: In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” In Paul’s day the culture lacked mercy. There were no government programs to help the poor and the sick.… Read More »

Luke 6:37-38: Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured… Read More »

Matthew 6:3-4: But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly. As followers of Jesus are giving should be prompted by compassion and obedience. Remember, God expects… Read More »

Proverbs 11: 24-25: One gives freely yet, grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered. These two verses deal with the blessings of generosity and the curse of selfishness. The paradox does not refer to simple financial dealings. But, rather… Read More »

Proverbs 3:27: Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. This verse is a call to a life of goodwill and helpfulness. And, it actually address the idea of what Jesus taught about loving our neighbor as ourself. When Jesus was teaching the Parable… Read More »