Be a Generous Single Parent! The Widow’s Mite

Love ❤️ at Home: God Cares Single Parents: Be a Generous Single Parent! The Widow’s Mite

By Pastor and Mrs Chifamba

Psalms‬ ‭146‬:‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.”

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EVEN WITH SUCH PRECIOUS PROMISES OF DIVINE HELP, AT TIMES SINGLE PARENTS TEND TO BE STINGY BECAUSE THEY THINK EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THEM ALONE. THEY DO NOT PUT GOD IN THE PICTURE. DON’T MISS OUT ON THE BLESSINGS OF GIVING

Acts 20:35

I showed you all things, that working in this way we ought to help those being weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE RICH IN ORDER TO BE GENEROUS. GENEROSITY IS A HEART ISSUE NOT AN AMOUNT ISSUE

Mark‬ ‭12‬:‭41‬-‭44‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”

When Jesus said of the widow, She “hath cast in more than they all,” His words were true, not only of the motive, but of the results of her gift. The “two mites which make a farthing” have brought to God’s treasury an amount of money far greater than the contributions of those rich Jews. The influence of that little gift has been like a stream, small in its beginning, but widening and deepening as it flowed down through the ages. In a thousand ways it has contributed to the relief of the poor and the spread of the gospel. Her example of self-sacrifice has acted and reacted upon thousands of hearts in every land and in every age. It has appealed to both the rich and the poor, and their offerings have swelled the value of her gift. God’s blessing upon the widow’s mite has made it the source of great results. So with every gift bestowed and every act performed with a sincere desire for God’s glory. It is linked with the purposes of Omnipotence. Its results for good no man can measure. – {Desire of Ages p. 616.1}

Proverbs 11:24-25

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Proverbs 19:17

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Luke 6:38

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

GOD MARKS AND REMEMBERS NOT ONLY OUR PRAYERS BUT ALSO OUR ACTS OF GENEROSITY

Acts‬ ‭10‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, “Cornelius!” Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked. The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God.”

Hebrews‬ ‭6‬:‭10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.”