Another reason for a peace/freewill/thanksgiving/votive offering may have been a prosperous harvest or the birth of a healthy child. We can imagine a worshiper vowing to the Lord that, if He blessed him with a healthy child, he would make a special sacrifice or offering. The votive offer...
Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, With burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.
a perception of who Jesus is and what he is about, and of his significance for and impact on—me; a responsive act to his prior self-giving; a true valuation of the value ofthings; a recognition that nothing given to Jesus can ever be a ‘waste’; and an understanding thatheis worth...
Why this is important: In the scope of scripture, certain verses stand out, offering a profound glimpse into the heart … Continue reading → Unveiling the Power of the Gift of Utterance of Knowledge December 15, 2024 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there ...
I am convinced that giving our time on Sunday morning to participate in worship services is a good start, but we need to take the next step from there. We need to serve the mission of the Kingdom. We need to understand, first what the mission is, and then take steps to align our ...
When completing your pledge for the new year, please consider raising your level of giving. Our church cannot operate without your financial contributions. Our parish will grow only through your prayers, work, and generous sacrifice. OFFERING PLEDGE FORM....
/ Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.Matthew 24:22If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days ...
His one wonderful offering has finished transgression, and made an end of sin; but its efficacy continues as though He were sacrificed often, ever supplying us with merit, so that, in effect. His wounds continually do bleed. He is always a new Saviour for me every morning, always a new ...
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” We join the elders and the thousands upon thousands of angels. Our role, our response, is seeing the worth of Jesus, falling down before him, and giving him all ...
disciples to highlight the contrast between the giving of the widow and that of the rich. Three verses later, one of the disciples made a remark about the magnificence of the temple building, which is remarkable in that this means that the temple hardly needed the widow’s tiny offering. ...