TEXT

Mark 12:38-44

TAKEAWAYS

• If you're not already doing so, begin to practice the generous principle of tithing to your local church for three months.
• Eat lunch at FoCo Cafe in the next week or two and pay it forward.
• Make a financial donation to some form of art that enriches your life.

BENEDICTION

Lord, turn our praises into hands that clothe the naked, arms that comfort the afflicted, tables that host the stranger, and shoulders that support the weary so that your name may be praised by those who live and die with their backs against the wall. 

Amen.

TEXT

John 6:1-5

TAKEAWAYS

• Give something away this week

• Thank someone for their excellent customer service

• For one day, answer the phone every time it rings no matter who it is

BENEDICTION

Lord, turn our praises into hands that clothe the naked, arms that comfort the afflicted, tables that host the stranger, and shoulders that support the weary so that your name may be praised by those who live and die with their backs against the wall. 

Amen.

TEXT

Luke 7:36-50

TAKEAWAYS

• Next time I start telling myself an ungenerous story about someone, remind me of the words of Jesus, “Do you see…?”

• Next time I start telling myself an ungenerous story about someone, instead engage with the person generously.

• Next time I start telling myself an ungenerous story about someone, turn it into a generous story.

BENEDICTION

Yours, Lord, is the greatness 

and the power and the glory 

and the majesty and the splendor,

for everything in heaven and earth is yours.

Yours, Lord, is the kingdom…

Amen.