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The Bent Knee Time – August 29

GIVING TO GET

 Luke 20:45-47;  Luke 21:1-4

The world looks on the outside. Jesus looks on the heart. The world gives to get; the average of the giving is to get. The devil gives only to deceive and get a tighter hold. God gives to help only, regardless of thanks or appreciation. We’re to be like him. Our giving is to be from the heart, and to the heart. Not putting gay patches on our clothes to attract attention, but quiet giving to help somebody.

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The Bent Knee Time – August 28

THE STANDARD OF GIVING

Luke 6:30-38

The Jew was taxed a tenth. He gave it because he must. The Christian is supposed to give as Jesus gave. He held all subject to our need. We are to reckon that all we have is his. Then we’re to give as his Spirit guides. Knowing about the world’s needs, feeling its emergency, we’re to hold everything subject to the Spirit’s control, and habitually, thought fully administer what we have, giving as he guides.

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Daily Memory Verse – August 25

Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 

Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?

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The Bent Knee Time – August 25

HOPELESSLY BANKRUPT

Matthew 25:34-40

When someone does a kindness to our loved one in need, does it not stir the heart’s gratitude as if it were done to ourselves? Ah, it is sweeter because we love our dear one so. Jesus loves. No one is beyond his brooding, wooing love. He is asking us to help all those in need. We’re hopelessly in debt to him for what he has done; and our debt is payable to all whom we touch.

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The Bent Knee Time – August 24

“MUST” SPELLED BIG

James 3:9-18

There’s such a plenty of world wisdom. Perhaps that is the reason there is so much confusion today. We need the wisdom that comes from Jesus himself. It is blessed that Jesus says we may have it for the asking. And when we ask, he won’t remind us of how stupidly unwise we are. He will give us his wisdom with the giving of himself to dwell and live in us. But he must be given habitual control—with that “must” spelled big.

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The Bent Knee Time – August 23

A CONTROLLED TONGUE

James 3:1-8

How grateful we are for the tongues that have brought the message of the Christ! So much of blessing comes through the tongue. But what hurt that little thing can do, also! Is it not strange that the tongue that brings some message of cheer and hope can also spit out words of reviling and evil? Then the good is clean rubbed out. The tongue must be under control at its roots down in the heart —the Spirit’s control.