40 Day Generous Life Bible devotional - Kluth.org

Day 19Day 19Women play a significant partin giving to God’s work.Think about, discuss or pray about the verse that relates most to your life:Luke 8:3 Joanna the wife of Cuza, the manager of Herod’s household;Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to supportthem (Jesus and his disciples) out of their own means.Mark 14:3 A woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensiveperfume (worth a year’s wages), made of pure nard. She broke the jarand poured the perfume on (Jesus’) head.Exodus 35:21,22,25,26 Everyone who was willing and whose heartmoved him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work…All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought goldjewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They allpresented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD…Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she hadspun-- blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen. And all the women whowere willing and had the skill spun the goat hair.Acts 9:36 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, who wasalways doing good and helping the poor.Nehemiah 2:6-8 Then the king, with the queen sitting beside him,asked me (Nehemiah), “How long will your journey take, and whenwill you get back?” It pleased the king to send me; so I set a time…andbecause the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king grantedmy requests.1 Timothy 5:9-10 No widow may be put on the list of widows unlessshe is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband, and is well knownfor her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality,washing the feet of the saints, helping those in trouble and devotingherself to all kinds of good deeds.41God looks at the heart,not the hand--the giver, not the gift.