Read: Ruth 2:4-17 And she ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over. (v. 14) Up to this point in the book of Ruth, things have not been
Read: Mark 14:3-9 She has done what she could. (v. 8) I write these devotionals not only for you but also for me. I am a recovering miser. My kids used
Read: Luke 15:11-32 Bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. (v. 23) The word prodigal has come to mean “wayward,” but the root of the
Read: Matthew 16:24-28 What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? (v. 26) There is a devastatingly beautiful scene at the end of
Read: Leviticus 27:30-33 Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord’s. (v. 30) Tithing was common practice
Read: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 God loves a cheerful giver. (v. 7) I keep this quote from the theologian Karl Barth on my desk: “Gratitude follows grace like thunder lightning.” Everything I
Read: 2 Corinthians 8:1-9 They begged us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift for the believers in Jerusalem. (v. 4 NLT) I once had a wealthy
Read: Deuteronomy 24:19-22 You shall not go back to get it. (v. 19) My wife and I have been married for more than 30 years, and I suppose for any couple
Read: Matthew 6:19-34 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth. (v. 19) My wife and I lived in the Netherlands from 2009 to 2010. When we decided to return
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