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  April 20: Be Generous to Consume? Joshua 4:1–6:27; 2 Corinthians 9:6–15 ; Psalm 48 Our culture encourages us to absorb the latest and greatest, and then cast off our gently used devices. We are targeted to accumulate and consume. The new feature we learned about yesterday is now the one we can’t live without. At first, 2 Corinthians 9 seems to appeal to our consumer lifestyle: “The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully” (2 Cor 9:6). This verse has often been used to encourage giving because God will then provide us with even more. But should we give more for the sake of consuming more? Should this be our motivation for generosity? Paul debunks this idea in the next verse: “Each one should give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or from compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Cor 9:7). Certainly God will provide for those who give; He takes care of those who follow Him. But our willingne...

  Sunday, April 19, 2026 | Easter Third Sunday of Easter Year A First Reading Acts 2:14a, 36–41 Psalm Psalm 116:1–4, 12–19 (UMH 837) New Testament 1 Peter 1:17–23 Gospel Luke 24:13–35  Vanderbilt Divinity Library, United Methodist Revised Common Lectionary (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009). Sunday, April 19, 2026 | Easter Third Sunday of Easter Old Testament Lamentations 3:18–26 Psalm Psalm 67 New Testament 1 Peter 2:11–20 Gospel John 16:16–23a   Christian Worship One Year Lectionary (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009). Sunday, April 19, 2026 | Easter Third Sunday of Easter Year A First Reading Acts 2:14a, 36–41   Psalm 116:1–3, 10–17 Second Reading 1 Peter 1:17–23 Gospel Luke 24:13–35   Episcopal Church (USA) Revised Common Lectionary (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2016). Sunday, April 12, 2026 | Easter Second Sunday of Easter Old Testament Ezekiel 3...

  April 19 Lesson 7 (KJV) Children: Gift and Model Devotional Reading: Psalm 8 Background Scripture: Matthew 18:1–6; Mark 9:36–37, 42; 10:13–16; Luke 2:1–20 Mark 9:36–37, 42 36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. Mark 10:13–16 13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little ch...