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Preserved in Jesus Christ – Day 4
Neville Turley

Preserved in Jesus Christ – Day 4

They Gave What They Could – Part I

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

LUKA 6

38fanang, mme le tla fuwa: mekotlaneng ya lona le tla tshellwa haholo, e hlohlwe, e hlokohlwe, e sasamale, hobane le tla lekanyetswa ka tekanyo eo le lekanyang ka yona.”

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MAREKA 12

Nyehelo ya mosadi wa mohlolohadi

41Jesu a ya dula malebana le letlole la matlotlo, a tadima kamoo letshwele le nokelang tjhelete letloleng kateng. Barui ba bangata ba ne ba nokela e ngata. 42Ha tla mosadi e mong wa mohlolohadi ya futsanehileng; a nokela tjheletana tse pedi, tse ka lekanang le sente.

43Yaba Jesu o bitsa barutuwa ba hae, o re ho bona: “Kannete ke a le bolella, mosadi eo wa mohlolohadi, ya futsanehileng, o noketse ho feta bohle ba nokelang letloleng, 44hobane bohle ba noketse ba nkile bonkong, athe yena o noketse a nkile bohloking, tsohle tseo a neng a ena le tsona, sohle seo a neng a tla phela ka sona.”

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DIPOLELO 16

16“Hararo ka selemo, bohle ba lona ba batona ba tla hlaha kapele ho Morena Modimo wa lona, sebakeng seo a tla se kgetha. Nakong ya mokete wa bohobe bo sa lomoswang, le nakong ya mokete wa dibeke, le nakong ya mokete wa maphephe, ho se be le ya mong wa lona ya tla hlaha kapele ho Morena a itsolokile. 17Monna e mong le e mong a fane ho ya kamoo a filweng kateng, le ho ya kamoo Morena Modimo wa lona, a mo hlohonolofaditseng kateng.”

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The Gospels tell a striking story of a widow who gave all she could. You can find it in Mark 12:41-44 and in Luke 21:1-4.

Jesus was at the temple treasury and he saw many rich men dropping in their money. Then, along came a poor widow who dropped in two little coins.

Jesus was moved by her gesture. He called his disciples together and said to them, “I tell you that this poor widow put more in the offering box than all the others. For the others put in what they had to spare of their riches; but she, poor as she is, put in all she had – she gave all she had to live on.” Mark 12:43-44 (GNB)

Being poor is no excuse for not giving. In Deuteronomy 16:16-17, all men are instructed to come to worship the Lord three times a year at one place of worship. “Each man is to bring a gift as he is able, in proportion to the blessings that the Lord your God has given him.”

During these difficult times, many of us can truthfully say; I am struggling, I cannot do much. However, that is no excuse for doing nothing at all. The miracle of the feeding of the five thousand (John 6:1-14) was made possible by one boy, in that dense crowd, who gave all he had – five barley loaves and two small fish. He gave all that he had and no one can do more than that.

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