Acts 10
Prayer & Alms Giving are Eternal Investments!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, July 15.
Do you know that God sees you being generous when you help someone with your time, talents, or treasures?
Listen to Acts 10:3-4, “About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, ‘Cornelius.’ And he stared at him in terror and said, ‘What is it, Lord?’ And he said to him, ‘Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.’”
What did God see and remember about the Roman centurion Cornelius?
- Prayers. Prayers are a form of worship to God, a way of invoking God’s power and presence in your life and the life of others. Prayers are a very intimate part of who you are. God hears what is coming from your heart, the center of who you are. The Bible teaches us that our prayers are kept before God continuously, like incense before His throne. They are eternal.
If you want to hit the bullseye with your life, learn to pray! What does your heart say to God in your prayer life?
- Alms. Alms are when you give something of value to the needy, poor, or destitute. What you give can either be your time and services, or food and finances; regardless it is when you go out of your way to help someone for no benefit to yourself. The Bible teaches us that God rewards a person for what is done in secret; in other words, what is done to truly help others without any benefit or recognition to the giver.
Alms giving is often the way God answers our prayers. Who can you bless today?
Seize the moment and invest in eternity. What does God see and remember about you?
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