MONDAY: CHEERFUL GIVER
KEY PASSAGE
Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work… and he will enlarge the harvest of righteousness… your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:8-9, 11-12
DEVOTIONAL
Maybe you read the phrase “cheerful giver” and hear “turn in your tithe with a smile.” Or you read “God loves a cheerful giver” and excuse yourself from giving, because the thought of giving away money you could use comes with an uncomfortable weight, not cheer.
But what does the phrase “cheerful giver” actually mean? The word “cheerful” in scripture is hilaros, and it doesn’t mean happy. It means “prompted and willing.” So what is a “cheerful giver?” If God asks you to be generous— with money, hospitality, food, time, etc.— and your response is to obey, you are a cheerful giver. Meaning that God truly has a hold on your heart.
God isn’t asking you to feel happy or light when you give, he is asking you to willingly trust Him with whatever your gift might be. And what is the impact of your cheerful— prompted & willing— generosity? An abundance of blessing and provision, success in good works, a harvest of righteousness, and thanksgiving to God.
Notice this is not a promise that God will give you your money back with interest. It’s a reminder that God turns our physical resources into spiritual reward. It's the promise that every prompted and willing sacrifice given is a confession of the gospel message, amplifying His glory and pointing others to Jesus.
CHALLENGE
This week’s devotionals explore the impact of generosity. And while you may consider the impact of generosity to be an outward work, take a moment to consider its internal impact… developing a heart that can be nudged by God and moved into action.
Would you describe your heart toward God as prompted and willing? Are you wrestling with withholding pieces of your life from God because you are afraid of what he might ask of you?
Confess the posture of your heart to God.
Tell him where you are willing to obey.
Tell him where you are weary to obey.
Tell him why.
Ask him to help you trust Him to create a cheerful— prompted and willing— heart in you.
TUESDAY: MEETING NEEDS
KEY PASSAGE
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.
DEVOTIONAL
A few years ago, a family shared with the church that they needed a car. They had no way to get to work. They had two teenagers and a grandmother to care for. They had bills to pay. So they expressed their need. Upon hearing this, I prayed so intently about this I basically demanded God to give them a car in a specific time frame. Now, I am not encouraging you to demand things of God, it’s not a smart idea… but my point is, I prayed fervently.
The following week, someone wrote on a church connection card, “I want to give my car to someone who needs it.” Woah… Turns out this man bought a new car and instead of trading in the old one, God prompted him to gift it. He recognized himself as a steward of this car, and decided to entrust it to whatever God wanted him to do.
This is being one in heart and mind: collectively living as stewards and not owners of our resources. This honors God over our preferences and honors people over our possessions. We have the opportunity to come alongside God as our Provider by using what he has given us to meet the needs of others.
Within a few weeks, the families connected and the car was gifted. Both of the families’ lives were changed for the better. It bolstered the faith of the man giving the car and encouraged him to go all in with God. It blessed the man receiving the car with the ability to secure an income and meet the needs of his family. And I witnessed a miracle.
CHALLENGE
I won’t ask you to bring all your possessions to church, lay them at the altar, and help distribute them to people who need it more than you… although you could. And I won’t ask you to sell your house, like the people in the verses above… although you could.
What I will ask you to do is get in the habit of doing these things: Express needs when you have them. Pray fervently. And give when God prompts you.
Right now, ask God for the courage to express a need to someone today. Then ask him for the courage to meet a need for someone today. Stay in prayer as you go about your day, and see what happens. Because you have no idea what miracle is on the other side.
WEDNESDAY: NOT WASTED - GENEROSITY AS WORSHIP
KEY PASSAGE
“While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table. When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked. “This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.” Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.”
DEVOTIONAL
It took Leonardo Davinci three years to finish his famous painting, The Last Supper. Imagine spending 3 years obsessing over one work of art. Now consider whether that enduring work of beauty was a waste of time and effort. Surely there were better ways the artist could have used his genius to benefit the world in some other way; but we can’t deny that The Last Supper is beautiful. If the end result is something beautiful, how could it be a waste?
When Jesus is anointed with expensive perfume the disciples consider the value of the substance. They call it a waste because they are thinking of what is being given, that the value of the perfume could be leveraged for a more practical or lasting work. They think about the gift that is being spent but not about the person who is spending it, or the person it is being spent on.
Jesus sees it differently. He says, “She has done a beautiful thing to me.” Jesus considers the end result: A lavish offering from a woman who could think of no better way of spending the expensive perfume than to anoint the head of the one she worships. A beautiful thing done unto the Lord is not a waste.
Giving is an act of worship in this way. No matter the expense, the effort, the time, or the sacrifice; a gift to the Lord is a beautiful act of worship.
Consider the exuberant colors that God placed in a sunset, or the elaborate, intricate detail He placed in a dragonfly. We would never think of God’s handiwork as a waste. He gave us more beauty than we need, more than we can take in. A gift of love is a beautiful thing. When we worship we give a gift in return. We do a beautiful thing to the Lord.
CHALLENGE
Take a look at your plans for today. Who do you plan to spend time with? What will you spend money on? What tasks are you planning to complete?
Choose one of these things and treat it as your offering, as a beautiful thing done to the Lord.
THURSDAY: THE LEAST OF THESE
KEY PASSAGE
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you? “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
DEVOTIONAL
The key passage for today is an excerpt from one of Jesus’ parables. This parable follows an intense warning from Jesus about the religious leaders, who were so obsessed with being seen that they forgot to see as God sees.
Notice the repeated question asked to the King: “Lord, when did we see you… ?”
The righteous (the religious leaders) ignored this foundational truth: all people are made in the image of God. Which means God places infinite value on each individual life. Valuing one another is valuing God. Serving one another is serving God. Inviting one another is inviting God. Loving one another is loving God… My point is this: seeing one another is seeing God.
So the question becomes: who do you see?
A loved one. An avoidable coworker. A precious child. A struggling widow. A wealthy businessman. An annoying neighbor. A successful leader. A lowly, needy stranger…
Train your eyes to see a remarkably valuable life, worthy of your love, attention and resources.
CHALLENGE
Take a moment to reflect on who you see. They may not be literally around you, so pay attention to whoever comes to mind. Once you see a few faces or names, take note of the needs of the people you see.
Then, ask God who He sees. Take note of the needs of the people He brings to mind.
Choose one person with a need. Meet that need as you go about your day.
FRIDAY: SACRIFICE
KEY PASSAGE
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
DEVOTIONAL
John 3:16 is probably the most familiar, most often quoted, most read, most recited verse in the Bible. This verse simply states the miraculous redemption God brings to the world through Jesus. There are a few things to remember when we consider this verse:
First, remember this is Jesus speaking. These are red letters in your Bible. He is having a conversation with a Pharisee named Nicodemus who is curious about Jesus and what he means by being born again. This is how Jesus explains the gospel.
Second, remember that God loves the world. This was a radical statement at the time, especially from a Jewish perspective. Nicodemus would believe that God loves Israel, but would have never heard that God’s love extended to the entire world. This was an eye-opening moment for Nicodemus, and it should be for us as well. God so loved the world—our world.
Third, remember that God gave. He gave freely, out of His love for you. His gift was given not only to you but to the entire world. His gift is the greatest gift that He could give: Himself. Jesus, the greatest sacrifice.
Think of what you would sacrifice for your greatest love. Would you give the most you have for who you love the most? Of course you would. What are you willing to sacrifice for Jesus?
In Matthew 16:25, Jesus says “For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.”
Sacrifice is giving something, for something. Jesus gave His life for us, we can give our lives for Him. In doing this, Jesus says, we will find life. We “shall not perish but have eternal life.”
CHALLENGE
Over these 3 weeks you have been challenged to consider your priorities and to ask yourself who is lord of your life. With a deeper understanding of where you are, consider God’s great love for you and the sacrifice that was made for you. Jesus on the cross. His suffering and pain. His death and resurrection. Consider all that God has given you. All that He has done for you. Consider what you are willing to give. God doesn’t want any less than everything.
Romans 12:1 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
Take a moment to remember Jesus’ sacrifice through taking communion.
MONDAY: LORDSHIP & PRIORITIES
KEY PASSAGE
“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” Matthew 6:24
DEVOTIONAL
Your master matters.
God innately and intentionally created each of us to worship. It isn’t a matter of IF you worship but WHO you worship. The “who” doesn’t always mean someone, it often can take the form of something. Jesus warns people, more than any other thing, about the entangling nature of money. In Matthew 6:24, Jesus explicitly declares that you cannot serve, or worship, both God and money. Why? Because money is meant to serve you, not to be served.
In Matthew 13:22, Jesus paints the picture of the effect that the “deceitfulness of wealth” can have on the word of God planted in your heart. He explains that it is like thorns that grow among the word and choke it out. And the longer we allow thorns to be our master the longer we live under pain and disappointment.
However, when we trust God with our ENTIRE lives, including our finances, and make Him our master, we have the opportunity to live in abundance in every area of our lives. Why? Because God, who is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above any other thing in this universe, is willing and wanting to provide for His children.
Your master matters because the makeup of your life depends on it. Whatever you serve will ultimately shape you.
CHALLENGE
1. IDENTIFY - What do you spend yourself (your time, money, energy, etc.) on? Where you spend is where you serve.
2. RECLAIM - Exercise obedience and self-control in any area where your money may have taken the driver seat by delaying a purchase, blessing someone, etc.
3. PRAY - “God, I choose to make you my master today in all ways. Order my priorities and direct my decisions today. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
TUESDAY: STEWARDSHIP + OWNERSHIP
KEY PASSAGE
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
DEVOTIONAL
What has God given you that you can give to others? Peter wrote this letter to the church to encourage them in their faith in the midst of persecution. He gave them practical instruction for living Godly lives. Peter is communicating in this verse that God has given each person a gift. What does this mean? Ephesians 2:10 says, “for we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Our Heavenly Father crafted and created each of us with an individual purpose to serve others and use the gift to glorify God.
Your gifts were never meant to be kept for yourself, but to be given away. The gift God has given you is a unique gift. This means that God never intended for you to compare your gifts with others, but to operate in the gift that God has given you.
Whether your gift is encouragement, teaching, hospitality, organization, crafting, or even just being a faithful friend to others, each of these gifts are an extension of God’s grace. You are called to be a good steward of the grace that God has given to you. Grace is the unmerited favor of God and as Christ followers we have the opportunity to extend God’s grace through our gifting. So, when you use your creativity for God’s glory it is an extension of God’s grace. When you make a meal for your neighbor you are extending God’s grace. When you pray with someone you are giving the grace of God away. When you help a friend repair something that is broken in their home, you are an extension of God’s grace. Let’s be good stewards of God’s grace through the gifts that God has given each of us today.
CHALLENGE
Take a few minutes to reflect on the grace that God has given you. Read Ephesians 2:8-9.
Look at the ways God has naturally gifted you, what are you good at?
How can you use this gift to serve others and bring God glory?
WEDNESDAY: STEWARDSHIP + OWNERSHIP (2)
KEY PASSAGE
DEVOTIONAL
What has God given you? Many of your answers would probably be a job, a home, a family, friends and your church family. Those are all really good answers, but the true answer is EVERYTHING. Everything we have comes from God. It is all His! If everything we have and everything we are belongs to God then that means He is the owner. The owner is the one who gets to decide how it is used. So, what does that make us? Stewards. A steward is someone who is entrusted with the management of someone else’s business or assets.
In this parable, we read about a man who was going on a journey and it says in verse 14, “who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.” This verse shows that the servants were the stewards of their master’s money. Each servant was given a different amount. One received five bags, one received three, and another received one bag. They were each given according to their abilities. Two of the servants were wise with stewarding their master’s money by putting it to work and returning to their master with double the money he had given them. But, the third servant dug a hole and buried the bag of gold until he returned. This servant did little to nothing with his master’s money. He took care that it wouldn’t get lost, but he did nothing productive with it.
God desires for us to be faithful and trustworthy stewards of what He has entrusted to us. He is a generous giver (James 1:17) who expects a faithful return on His investment. The bags of gold in this parable should be seen as the life resources we have been given—time, money, abilities and authority. So, the question is: When you look at your life resources, how are you stewarding what God has given you?
CHALLENGE
Take out a piece of paper and answer these two questions for each category:
How have I used my ____________ (time, money, ability, authority)?
How can I honor God with my ____________ (time, money, ability, authority)?
Pray and reflect on each of these categories and sense what God is leading you to do in response.
THURSDAY: TITHE
KEY PASSAGE
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.
DEVOTIONAL
What if I told you: tithing is not a financial practice, it is a spiritual one?
For many of us, we feel as though if we can get a firm grip on our finances, budget to the last dime, and stop buying Starbucks, then we can truly experience financial peace.
However, we often fail to realize that - while all of these things are good - we may have placed more trust in our own power than in God’s provision.
The action of tithing is giving back the first 10% of your income to the Lord through the “storehouse” you are a part of - the local church you call home. For us, placing our faith in God with 10% can seem daunting and even potentially disabling. However, the good news is: God can always do more with our 10% than we ever could with 100%. In fact, God actually challenges us to “test him in this”.
When we choose to participate in the faith challenge of tithing, entrusting God with a portion of what He has first entrusted us with, God will never leave us without. Maybe this year is the year you decide to trust God with your finances in this practice. Faith, in every area of our lives, is a muscle in need of exercising and stretching. Tithing is a great place to work your faith muscle.
CHALLENGE
1. Begin with something - though 10% is the biblical standard, starting with something out of the abundance of a joyful heart is more than enough to get you going.
2. Believe for something - in God’s kingdom, with every seed sown comes a harvest to be reaped. The harvest could look like your seed turning into a blessing for someone else or a blessing returned to you. Either way, entrust God with the seed and trust God for the harvest.
3. Between you and God– ask him what your next step in the giving process is. And ask him for the courage to take this next step.
FRIDAY: GREED
KEY PASSAGE
“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” Luke 12:15
DEVOTIONAL
A man from the crowd makes a request of Jesus: “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me” (Luke 12:13). It sounds like a reasonable request, asking Jesus to intervene in a dispute between brothers. The man brought his request to the right place, but Jesus sees the deeper issue with the request. It is a heart issue: greed.
Greed is defined as “an excessive, selfish desire for more (money, power, possessions) that becomes idolatry, leading people away from God and causing harm.” Greed is a dangerous position of the heart towards God and towards others. Jesus warns the crowd to be on guard against all kinds of greed because this is not where full life is found.
Jesus drives home the message by sharing a parable about a rich man who had narrowed vision. He was focused on building more for himself (tearing down his old barns and building bigger ones) so that he could store up all of his wealth and possessions and enjoy his life.
The problem with acting like this rich man, is that greed keeps us craving more (money, power, possessions) and we fall for the lie that once we finally get more, that it will be enough. But, in truth, it will never be enough because the selfish desire for more will never satisfy a hungry soul. We are looking for personal security when we store up these things in our barns, but these things will never bring protection for our souls.
As Christ followers, we are instructed in Mark 12:30-31 of two things: First, to love God with our whole heart, soul, mind and strength and the second, is to love your neighbor as yourself. When we are filled with greed, we have a displaced love for God and for our neighbors.
CHALLENGE
What request have you made to God today? Based on your request, is God seeing a deeper issue, a heart issue?
Journal your answers to these 2 questions today:
Where am I tempted to store up security for myself apart from God?
How is my love toward God and how am I doing with loving my neighbor?
Prayer: God, I come to you today and ask that you take a look at my heart. I ask that you free me from any false beliefs that possessions will give me what only you can provide. Help me remember that the “more” that I am in search of is only found in you. Amen.
MONDAY: GOD IS A GIVER
KEY PASSAGE
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! Matthew 7:11
DEVOTIONAL
“For God so loved… He gave.” From the beginning of time God knew who He would give. It was not from a place of bitterness or resentment, but purely from love. He chose to give His son to us so that we could be reunited with Him for all of eternity.
This action by God is incredible, because He gives before ever asking us to give anything. He made the biggest sacrifice for His creation knowing there was nothing we could ever give Him that could equal the gift of His Son.
When we follow the example that was set by our Father, we realize that what we have in our possession is not for us to hold tightly. Instead it is to be given freely, just as our Father in heaven gave.
Our God is a good Father, He never gives us things that are harmful. Just like it says in Matthew 7:11, our Father gives good gifts. And in many ways the gifts that we receive are things that many times, money could never buy.
CHALLENGE
Take a moment and reflect on your life. What are some good gifts that you have received from God? Write a thank you note to God, listing the gifts that come to mind.
TUESDAY: TREASURE + HEART
KEY PASSAGE
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21
DEVOTIONAL
I love watching movies or shows of people looking for treasure, whether that be pirates navigating the ocean in search of gold or kids from the Outer Banks tracking down an old fortune that was left in a sunken ship.
The appeal of treasure is that finding it can change your life. This is the beauty of Matthew 6:21, that when we find our treasure in the Lord our lives can be changed.
Many times people go on treasure hunts and forfeit their entire lives looking for treasure in their title, bank account, online status, or how well their children turn out. The sad truth is that when people seek treasure in these things, the search always ends at a dead end.
Jesus makes it abundantly clear that our heart influences the decisions we make and paths we take. If my treasure is in worldly things, then my heart will be there; if my heart is in heavenly things then my heart will be there. When we follow Jesus with our whole heart Jesus becomes our treasure. This practice transforms us as Christ followers.
When our treasure becomes Jesus, our pursuit will be Jesus.
May our treasure hunts no longer end in disappointment and identity crises, but in the knowledge of who Jesus is and who He wants us to become.
CHALLENGE
Jesus asks a simple question: What do you treasure? If it is not Jesus, we have a priority problem.
Today, take an “Attention Audit” and ask yourself what occupies your mind for the majority of your day. Write down what comes to mind. Have any of these things become a priority over Jesus in your life? Tell God about these things.
WEDNESDAY: MISSION + COMPASSION
KEY PASSAGE
“When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” Matthew 9:36
DEVOTIONAL
Emmanuel Church’s mission statement and Jesus’ great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) have a lot in common. Jesus told us to “go and make disciples of all nations;” and at Emmanuel we strive “to engage everyone everywhere, through connection with Christ and community.”
Jesus’ commission was one filled with compassion, and when Jesus was filled with compassion he gave of Himself.
When we give we see the heart and hand of God move. Jesus spent His life giving because He was moved by compassion. When His heart was moved, He moved. This does not mean that Jesus gave without sacrifice. There were many times Jesus gave, when by the world's standards, He had nothing to give. His dependence on His Father was the ultimate catalyst for the things He was able to do.
Living on mission keeps your attention focused on what is most important. For Jesus, his mission was people. For the people of Emmanuel our mission is to engage everyone everywhere. And everything that does not fall under that category, no longer becomes a priority.
CHALLENGE
If you do not have a mission statement for yourself or your family, take time to prayerfully craft one. Jesus’ mission was people, everything else that did not involve people became second priority. May our mission statement mirror Jesus’ life in some way.
THURSDAY: TRUST
KEY PASSAGE
“Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?” Luke 12:24-26
DEVOTIONAL
Developing a generous heart requires the development of trust. This is why living generously in a moment can be so difficult. When we don’t trust that we have what we need, we don’t see a way to give at all. Maybe you find yourself thinking things like, “Once I make this much, then I can give”, “Once we pay that off, then we can give”, or “Once I have saved this much, then I’ll feel comfortable giving”. These thoughts are a reflection of what we trust. We wrestle with giving because we wonder if our needs will be met after we give, or we think they are already not being met so we believe we are not in a proper position to give.
When we worry about such things, Jesus reminds us to consider the birds of the air. He tells us, “God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!” We exercise trust every single day in so many different ways, big and small. Many of us trust our cars to get us where we need to go, or we trust our pay check to hit our account on a certain day! We trust our chair to not collapse when we sit down, and we trust that the Chick-Fil-A drive through will move quick enough for a pit stop on the way to work! We constantly practice trust, but we often forget to trust God with providing for our needs. He assures us that we can trust Him because he values us. He provides every day for the birds, who he values as well, but not as much as you and me. When we begin to trust Him, we see we don’t need to hold so tightly to things, because we are taken care of by our Heavenly Father every day.
CHALLENGE
We all have things we need to trust God with. For some it’s family, for others health, and for many it’s our bank accounts. Take a few moments today to sit down in the presence of God with pen and paper. Take inventory of things you struggle to trust Him with. Pause and express that to Him verbally. Then ask for help. Ask God to show you why you lack trust in these areas, and to help you see more clearly how He has always taken care of you.
FRIDAY: BLESSED TO GIVE
KEY PASSAGE
“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” Acts 20:35
DEVOTIONAL
As a follower of Jesus, giving to someone in need ought to satisfy our souls. Most people love receiving something, like a gift, especially when it is thoughtful and intentional. There is nothing wrong with that! Jesus, though, desires that we develop a true sense of joy and fulfillment in giving to others. Yes, we are joyful to receive something we want or need, but there is a deeper and greater sense of joy to be found in meeting the needs or desires of another.
Think of a time when you gave someone the perfect gift, or provided for someone in desperate need. How did they respond to what you did for them? Wouldn’t you do that a thousand times over for others if you were able to? I love how this verse recalls Jesus' words “It is more blessed to give than to receive” when considering the needs of the weak. Giving may not be convenient, but it is life changing. Not only does it change the recipient’s life, maybe even drastically, but it changes the givers life drastically too. Giving shifts our focus off of ourselves and chooses to do something about someone else. This is the greater blessing!
CHALLENGE
What can you give today? The possibilities are endless– a smile in the aisle at the store today, encouragement to the cashier, provision for a tangible need for someone in your family or circle of influence. You could be the one God desires to use to give light and life to someone else today. What is on your heart to give? Choose to give today.