🎁 How do we spread the joy?
Hello friend, have you ever noticed that people who seem to have the least often have the most JOY? I have had the privilege of traveling the world and I can testify that often those with the least have the most JOY because they have everything they need in Jesus.
I remember a time when I took a group of teenagers to a rural part of Mexico to do some day camps that shared Jesus with the children of a local community. At the end of our week, the ladies from the church made us an authentic Mexican meal. I was so humbled when I later found out they had spent two weeks wages to provide a thank-you meal for us. What an act of generosity. Out of their poverty, they shared a rich blessing. It reminded me of another church that shared out of their poverty but became a great blessing. II Corinthians 8:2-5 says:
“In the midst of a very severe trial, 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. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.” (II Corinthians 8:2-5, NIV)
My friend, could these words be spoken of us? My prayer, every day, is that these words through the ministry of A Miracle Every Day create this truth in your life, “They gave themselves first of all to the Lord.” When you do that, all is well! Let’s take a moment to hear the story of how someone has been impacted through this ministry:
"I’ve been listening to the Spiritual Reset [audio guide] – I’ve only had it 9 days, but I’ve already gone well past half way. I know you’re only supposed to do one a day, but clearly God had a plan. The first 4 daily devotionals [AG] were dead on for what I needed. We’ve been going through a lot with one of our daughters. She’s been out of communication, and it has been a very big struggle, and we were finally able to get a meeting, and all of the input that I received from the devotional was exactly what I needed to find a way to share in a loving and gentle way and also to find some grace for myself for past mistakes and to be able to move forward. I absolutely don’t know what I would have done at that meeting, and for the first time ever she was 100% receptive to what was being said, so it’s already impacted my life tremendously. It’s been a three-year struggle of no communication with this child, so I’m really excited about this!"
Sheree was going through a severe trial within her family but God used the Spiritual Reset Audio Guide to help encourage her heart!
Our prayer is that you will give yourself fully to the Lord first, and then your continued giving will bring about the joy of generosity in your own heart. My friend, you can be a part of a miracle today simply through sharing, the question is “what can you share” that will bring God glory? Whatever it is, share away and see what God will do!
What a miracle it would be if we all gave out of our poverty (or wealth) so that God’s work could continue to exceed our expectations as He is the God of “exceedingly, abundantly, above all we could ask or even imagine!”
Never forget my friend,
You are a miracle!
