4: Although Jesus was likely not referring to it specifically, there was likely in the temple at one time a ‘chamber of secrets’, from which the poor were supported, and to which persons privately deposited alms. Though Jesus was probably not meaning this specifically, he was speaking of this same kind of idea. Alms should be done without accounting how much who gave to whom and when. The benevolence fund at a church is a good example. Amounts are placed there, and dispersed when needed. God the Father will see to it that such giving is rewarded.
Daily Bible Reading: Psalm 85:1-89:52
Daily Memory Verse: Jude 1:7 “Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”
Daily Tidbit: The golden plover, a small bird, migrates over twenty-seven hundred miles. During this migration, it flies at exactly the right speed, and uses the well-known v-formation. If it did not do either one of these things, it would fall out of the sky before it reached its destination. (From Dr. Werner Gitt’s book, If Animals Could Talk)
Praise Journal: Father in heaven, thank You for telling us exactly what You think about things. It would be so horrible if You just left it to us to figure out. Like the golden plover, You have given us the instructions we need to get to where we want to go. Help us not to take this for granted. You are so kind and gracious in giving us Your Word. Thank You for the greatest revelation of all, the story of Your Son. Jesus is the only comfort in a lost and dying world. We need his example to encourage us to be good to others as we should. More than that we need his salvation to enable us to be good. We cannot do it without Him. Give us today, Father, the love and compassion in our hearts for those that we will meet on our way. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I pray and praise You, Amen.
Prayer Journal Highlights: Pray for a lady with a blood clot. Pray for an officer with a broken hand.
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