{"id":5345,"date":"2016-01-25T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T06:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=5345"},"modified":"2016-01-24T18:53:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T23:53:25","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-1-25-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-1-25-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day &#8211; 1-25-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Luke 21:4 (NKJV) 4 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God,\u00a0but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Looking back many, many years, to\u00a0when we first started to tithe and give of our offerings, we were in a position just like this woman;\u00a0Broke, and in debt.<\/p>\n<p xml:lang=\"EN-US\">We heard a message about &#8220;Entering into a Covenant with God&#8221;\u00a0being\u00a0taught that day, and we\u00a0<em>KNEW<\/em> God was speaking to our hearts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p xml:lang=\"EN-US\">We really didn&#8217;t question the financial position we were in.\u00a0We just knew we had to take this step if we ever were to get out of our situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p xml:lang=\"EN-US\">On our ride home that\u00a0day\u00a0we were silent. It was a humbling kind of silence.\u00a0We had made a decision in our hearts and decided that no matter what, we would make a\u00a0covenant\u00a0with God and give to Him first.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p xml:lang=\"EN-US\">We gave out of our poverty and our need.<\/p>\n<p xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Things did start to change for us.\u00a0We had to work hard and it didn&#8217;t happen\u00a0overnight. But God was faithful to His word and His promises.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p xml:lang=\"EN-US\">If God is speaking to your heart to give, don&#8217;t wait until everything is just so.\u00a0Start when you feel the prompting. Be\u00a0prayerful. He will guide your steps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p xml:lang=\"EN-US\">God takes note when we give to Him and trust\u00a0that He will take care of our needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Luke 21:3 (NKJV) 3 So He said, \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all<\/span>;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p xml:lang=\"EN-US\">It was not the amount, but\u00a0the commitment\u00a0and\u00a0sacrifice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Pastor Curt &amp; Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Seven Seas Ministries<br \/>\nP.O. Box 272<br \/>\nBradford, RI 02808<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p xml:lang=\"EN-US\">401-315-0902<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you know someone who will enjoy this or be encouraged by it, please feel free to share it with them!<\/p>\n<p>To have the Bible Verse of The Day delivered to your inbox each day, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here<\/a> and then enter your email address in the box near the upper left corner of the\u00a0page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 21:4 (NKJV) 4 for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God,\u00a0but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.\u201d Looking back many, many years, to\u00a0when we first started to tithe and give of our offerings, we were in a position just like this woman;\u00a0Broke, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[808],"tags":[3027,1875,2717,2957,3026,2046],"class_list":["post-5345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-giving-2","tag-bible-verses-about-entering-into-a-covenant-with-god","tag-bible-verses-about-giving","tag-bible-verses-about-giving-even-when-were-poor","tag-bible-verses-about-giving-faithfully","tag-bible-verses-about-giving-out-of-our-need","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-giving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5345"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5349,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5345\/revisions\/5349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}