Seventh-Day Adventist Devotional For Children: “Giving Generously”

DAILY BREAD – DEVOTIONAL FOR CHILDREN

EASTERN NIGERIA UNION CONFERENCE CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Title: Giving Generously

Their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. 2 Corinth 8:2-3.

One of my neighbor came knocking at my door. He had come a couple of weeks earlier, pleaded for a job that would bring him some cash to support his family. I helped him with a small work like that, to be cleaning my uncle’s house and the compound everyday. The task I gave him was beneficial but not essential. Every morning, he will come with digging tools and compound cleaning materials in his hand, he was there, smoothing out some rough places in our yard and making them plain.
To my greatest surprise, one morning he came, it wasn’t digging tools and other materials he had in hand. It was a live chicken! He said, “For you, ma. Thank you for giving me a job to do. I want you to have this chicken.”
Infact, I pictured that chicken, one of a tiny flock picking up scraps of food and blades of grass on the compound. I could picture how he told his son to catch that chicken so that he could bring it to our home. He didn’t have chickens to spare, but there he stood—with a chicken to give to us as a gift.
How gracious! How generous! Out of his own meager resources, this brother in Christ generously gave—even beyond his ability. He was like the Macedonians, who embodied the grace of giving. I was humbled by his generosity—and even troubled! Such grace!
Child of God, let us cultivate the habits of giving generously, because it makes us more like God, it draw us closer to God, bring personal blessings and also an investment for an an eternity.

Thought for Reflection
When do we give generously, is it when we have enough or when there is none?

Song :
Give of your best to the Master,
Give of your strength of your youth
Throw your soul’s fresh glowing ardor
Into the battle for truth,
Jesus has set the example
Dauntless was He, young and brave;
Give Him your loyal devotion,
Give Him the best that you have.

Prayer :
Lord, you have richly and graciously blessed us. Please give us a spirit of joy and gladness that gratefully blesses others in our giving in Jesus name, Amen.

Parents/Grandparents Virtue Prayer Challenge -COMPASSION.
Lord, please clothe my children and grandchildren with the virtue of compassion. (See Col. 3:12.)