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God is not impressed by your gifts, he is impressed with your sacrifice.

Gifts

Pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr. referenced the story of a poor widowed woman who gave 2 small copper coins into the treasure box. Jesus was observing people giving to the offering box. Many were giving huge sums of money. However, His attention was caught by the woman who gave the smallest offering. Though she only had little in her possession, she still offered everything to God.

“That’s what sticks out to Him about this widow, that’s what pops out to Jesus about this poor yet generous widow. This widow had nothing yet she realized that everything she did have belonged to Him,” Rich said.

Sacrifices For Him

Despite being poor and widowed, having nothing but those two small copper coins, her heart still chose to offer everything to God. She didn’t let her situation stop her from honoring God.

“She’s poor and she’s a widow; yet she makes a decision that I’m going to keep moving forward. Somehow, she decides in her heart that my poverty will not stop my philanthropy. Somehow, she decides in her heart that even though I might have faced some setbacks, it’s not going to stop me from giving back. I’m not going to let my loss limit my investment. My current situation does not have to dictate my future destination. I can actually live on.”

Jesus is not looking at how much we can give to Him, but He’s looking at how much we can sacrifice for Him. Are we willing to lay down our entire life as an offering to Him? God is not impressed by your gifts, but He’s impressed with your sacrifices for Him.

“Life is not measured in the portion but rather life is measured in the proportion. It wasn’t the size of her gift that impressed Jesus, it was the sacrifice of her gift.”

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Florida Pastor

On February 12, celebrity pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr.’s car was stolen right from his driveway. Two days later, on Valentine’s day, his car was found abandoned. The investigation showed that there were probably three people responsible for the theft. The VOUS Church pastor had a message to those who stole his car.

“Whoever you are that took our car,” Wilkerson said. “We love you. We’re for you, and thank you for leaving it somewhere that we could find it.”

The challenge

The Florida pastor then challenged them to stop the crimes that they are doing.

“Here’s the deal. I want to challenge you right now,” he added. “If you keep doing stuff like this, life is not going to be good for you. You’re going to spend probably forever in prison.”

He then invited them to come to the VOUS Church on Sunday to accept an offer for an internship he would be providing.

“So here’s a challenge, We want to give you an opportunity,” Pastor Rich said. “I’m going to let you be an intern at VOUS Church for three months. Now, listen, I will not pay you. You did steal my car, but for three months I’m going to intern and mentor you, and I actually believe if you give us three months of your life, your life will change, you’ll be on a much, much better path, and I think you can take this really bad thing that happened and we can turn it into a good thing.”

Love

Pastor Rich is not pressing charges, instead, he wants to show love.

“So if you stole my car, it’s all good, bro,” he concluded. “Thanks for leaving the stroller, that was very kind of you, but we love you! Come to church this Sunday…”

Rich Wilkerson Jr

God Is Not Impressed By Your Gifts

Gifts

Sacrifices For Him

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Florida Pastor

The challenge

Love