Offertory Reading for Sabbath, March 2, 2024

“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,” 2 Corinthians 9:7 NIV.

Texas Conference online giving link: AdventistGiving. You can search for your local church on the AdventistGiving main website or return your tithes and give your offerings in a tithe envelope at church. Together As One, let’s be cheerful givers to further God’s work in Texas and worldwide.

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Local Church Budget

When Joshua began leading the Israelites, there was likely a lot of uncertainty around how things would go. Moses had spent years leading the children of God through the wilderness and through many miraculous events! In Joshua 1, we can see that God calls Joshua to be both “strong and courageous” (Joshua 1:6, NIV) in a transition of leadership that surely may have felt overwhelming to Joshua at times.

And yet, God walked with Joshua through the ups and the downs of his journey as a leader. Joshua proved to be a faithful steward of what God gave him. God gave him the task of leadership, and Joshua leaned on God to see that through. The beautiful thing about Joshua’s story is that God did not just give Joshua an enormous task – God took it upon Himself to provide Joshua with the wisdom to be the leader that Israel needed at that moment.

We too have been given the privilege of supporting the work of God at a local level. Our offering today will go to support our local church budget. The ministries of the local church are the heartbeat of the gospel spreading in our community. As we collect our offering today, consider how you can best steward all of the resources that God has blessed you with!

Presupuesto de la iglesia local

Cuando Josué comenzó a guiar a los israelitas, probablemente había mucha incertidumbre sobre cómo seguirían las cosas. Moisés había pasado años guiando a los hijos de Dios por el desierto y a través de muchos acontecimientos milagrosos. En Josué 1:6 (NVI), podemos ver que Dios lo llamó a ser “fuerte y valiente” al tomar el liderazgo; tarea que sin lugar a dudas le pareció abrumadora.

Sin embargo, Dios acompañó a Josué en sus altibajos como líder y él demostró ser un fiel servidor; confió en Jehová. Lo hermoso de esta historia es que Dios no se limitó a encomendarle una enorme tarea, sino que tomó el cuidado de proporcionarle la sabiduría necesaria para ser el líder que Israel necesitaba en aquel momento.

A nosotros también se nos ha dado el privilegio de respaldar la obra de Dios en nuestras comunidades. La ofrenda de hoy se empleará en el presupuesto de nuestra iglesia local. Los ministerios de la iglesia local son los latidos del corazón del evangelio que se extiende en nuestra comunidad. Al entregar la ofrenda de hoy, considere cómo puede administrar adecuadamente todos los recursos con los que Dios lo ha bendecido.