🙌 Giving Is Not Losing, It’s Worship | 1 Corinthians 16 Devotional (7-Step QT)
7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to help you see that giving is not a burden, but a grateful response to His grace and a faithful participation in His work. 2. 📅 June 18, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: Giving is not losing what belongs to us, but returning to God with gratitude what we have first received from Him. 3. ✝️ 1 Corinthians 16:1-12 Paul tells the Corinthians to prepare their collection for the Jerusalem saints weekly, according to their means. He plans to visit after Macedonia, if the Lord permits, while staying in Ephesus because a great ministry opportunity has opened despite opposition. He asks them to welcome Timothy respectfully. 4. 📖 Key Verse On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come (v. 2). 5. 📝 Reflection At some point, many modern churches began to feel hesitant, or even reluctant, to teach their member...