Intro: GIVING
You can give without loving but you cannot love without giving.
Love demands a sacrifice.
The best giver is the Lord JEsus Christ.
HE gave Himself for us.
He came to save sinners like me.
We don't deserve it, we're sinners.
We're totally depraved yet the Lord came to save us.
He loves us so much.
It's HIs grace that we are going to heaven even though we don't deserve it.
God has chosen us before the foundation of the world.
The Lord already planned our lives.
There was a small church in a big city.
Few people know the existence of it.
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I met a lame man at the church.
He has no family to take care of him.
Surprisingly, he's the earliest man in the church everytime there are services.
Sometimes, he went to the church to perfom hair-cut to Bible Students for free.
He's so jolly and friendly.
Despite the sickness he has,he had been the door-opener of the church just like the desire of King David.
One time, he gave me a gift on my birthday. I was surprised. I'm shy because I worried that the money he used to bought the gift should suffice a meal for him.
Later on, someone gave him a cellphone. Sometimes, he text me and other young people with Bible verses.
He's an encourager.
As days passed on, he was confined to the hospital due to his sickness.
He was robbed in the there because no person joined him. Our pastor and other members came to visit during the day only.
He has no money. When other members gave him, he will later put it in the offering basket.
It made me cry whenever I remember him.
He died months after in the village far from our church.
Our pastor and some other men came to bury him because the place is too far.
When they came back, our pastor told us that he cried while burying him - it's his first time to do that. Our pastor has a strong personality
yet he cried because he so the faithfulness of that man.
Even a mentally-ill person cried during that time. He has no family yet even strangers became his family. He shared Christ to them.
Someday, I'll see him in heaven.
A man who can walk perfectly.
In this world, he's a lame man yet he walked with God.
Now, I know he's enjoyinh the time with the Lord.
He gave his best. He did what he can. HE did what can last in eternity. HE has rewards in heaven. He invested in his heavenly account.
This is an encouragement for me.
I hope and pray for God's will in my life.
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A/N: This is a true story.
God Bless !
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SpiritualBuhay Kristyano'y di Hallelujah lang. Maraming karanasan sa bawat araw. Maraming bagay na dapat matutunan. I just want to give encouragements or share stories, thoughts, devotions, testimonies na nararanasan na iba't ibang Kristyano. :)
