VERSES FOR OFFERINGS

Think about giving – it's truly beautiful in God's eyes. When you're preparing your offering, remember it should be your best, given with a sincere heart. It should be a joyful act, knowing how much God has already blessed us with, even when we don't deserve it. He's been incredibly generous, hasn't He?

If you only give what's leftover, well, life might just mirror that back to you. Think about it – give as if you're giving to yourself. Don't do it out of obligation or because you expect something in return. True giving comes from the heart.

Don't make a big show of it either. It's not about getting praised or patted on the back. Let your giving be a quiet act between you and God. He sees what's in your heart, and He loves a cheerful giver. Remember what it says in 2 Corinthians 9:7: "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."

Giving is an act of worship, a way to give back a portion of what God has already given us. And when God gives, He gives abundantly. When you offer from the heart, you're opening the door for even more blessings. The more you give, the more you receive. It's a beautiful cycle.

“I shall set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.“And it shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud,and I shall remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and never again let the waters become a flood to destroy all flesh.

On the same day יהוה  made a covenant with Aḇ

“And I shall establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be Elohim to you and your seed after you.“And I shall give to you and your seed after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Kenaʽ

‘And now, if you diligently obey My voice, and shall guard My covenant, then you shall be My treasured possession above all the peoples – for all the earth is Mine –‘and you shall be to Me a reign of priests and a set-apart nation.’ Those are the words which you are to speak to the children of Yisra’ĕ

And he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that יהוה  has spoken we shall do, and obey.”And Mosheh took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “See, the blood of the covenant which יהוה  has made with you concerning all these Words.”

‘And I shall turn to you and make you bear fruit, and shall increase you, and shall establish My covenant with you.‘And you shall eat the old supply, and clear out the old because of the new.‘And I shall set My Dwelling Place in your midst, and My being shall not reject you.‘And I shall walk in your midst, and shall be your Elohim, and you shall be My people.

“And you shall know that יהוה  your Elohim, He is Elohim, the trustworthy Ě

“It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wrong of these nations that יהוה  your Elohim drives them out from before you, in order to establish the word which יהוה  swore to your fathers, to Aḇ

“Therefore you shall guard the words of this covenant, and do them, so that you prosper in all that you do.

“See, I have set before you today life and good, and death and evil,in that I am commanding you today to love יהוה  your Elohim, to walk in His ways, and to guard His commands, and His laws, and His right-rulings. And you shall live and increase, and יהוה  your Elohim shall bless you in the land which you go to possess.

He has remembered His covenant forever, The Word He commanded, for a thousand generations,The covenant He made with AḇAnd established it to Yaʽ

“For though the mountains be removed and the hills be shaken, My kindness is not removed from you, nor is My covenant of peace shaken,” said יהוה, who has compassion on you.

“For I, יהוה, love right-ruling; I hate robbery for burnt offering. And I shall give their reward in truth, and make an everlasting covenant with them.

“See, the days are coming,” declares יהוה, “when I shall make a new covenant with the house of Yisra’ĕnot like the covenant I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Mitsrayim, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares יהוה.“For this is the covenant I shall make with the house of Yisra’ĕ“And no longer shall they teach, each one his neighbour, and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know יהוה,’ for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares יהוה. “For I shall forgive their crookedness, and remember their sin no more.”

“And I shall make a covenant of peace with them, and make evil beasts cease from the land. And they shall dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

“And I shall give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. And I shall take the heart of stone out of your flesh, and I shall give you a heart of flesh,and put My Spirit within you. And I shall cause you to walk in My laws and guard My right-rulings and shall do them.

“My covenant with him was life and peace, and I gave them to him, to fear. And he feared Me, and stood in awe of My Name.

“For this is My blood, that of the renewed covenant, which is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Likewise the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the renewed covenant in My blood which is shed for you.

But now He has obtained a more excellent service, inasmuch as He is also Mediatorof a better covenant, which was constituted on better promises.For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.

And because of this He is the Mediator of a renewed covenant, so that, death having taken place for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called might receive the promise of the everlasting inheritance.

“This is the covenant that I shall make with them after those days, says יהוה, giving My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I shall write them,”and, “Their sins and their lawlessnesses I shall remember no more.”

and this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”

And יהוה  said to Aḇ“And I shall make you a great nation, and bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing!“And I shall bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you. And in you all the clans of the earth shall be blessed.”

And it came to be when Aḇ“And I give My covenant between Me and you, and shall greatly increase you.”

and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares יהוה, because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,that I shall certainly bless you, and I shall certainly increase your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore, and let your seed possess the gate of their enemies.“And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

And יהוה  said to Mosheh, “Write these Words, for according to the mouth of these Words I have made a covenant with you and with Yisra’ĕAnd he was there with יהוה  forty days and forty nights. He did not eat bread and he did not drink water. And He wrote on the tablets the Words of the covenant, the Ten Words.

“יהוה  our Elohim made a covenant with us in Ḥ“יהוה  did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive.

“I shall not profane My covenant, Neither would I change what has gone out from My lips.

The covenant He made with AḇAnd established it to Yaʽ

“Gather My kind ones together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by slaughtering.”

O יהוה, You are my Elohim. I exalt You, I praise Your Name, for You shall do a wonder – counsels of long ago, trustworthiness, truth.

But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our crookednesses. The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

“And I shall make a covenant of peace with them – an everlasting covenant it is with them. And I shall place them and increase them, and shall place My set-apart place in their midst, forever.

“Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to complete.“For truly, I say to you, till the heaven and the earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall by no means pass from the Torah till all be done.

For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Aḇ

Brothers, as a man I say it: a covenant, even though it is man’s, yet if it is confirmed, no one sets it aside, or adds to it.But the promises were spoken to Aḇ

And if you are of Messiah, then you are seed of Aḇ

Guarantee Your servant’s well-being; Let not the proud oppress me.

But the kindness of יהוה  Is from everlasting to everlasting Upon those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children,

For thus said יהוה, “To the eunuchs who guard My Sabbaths, and have chosen what pleases Me, and hold fast to My covenant:to them I shall give in My house and within My walls a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters – I give them an everlasting name that is not cut off.

‘And this day shall become to you a remembrance. And you shall observe it as a festival to יהוה  throughout your generations – observe it as a festival, an everlasting law.

And He said, “See, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I am going to do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of יהוה. For what I am doing with you is awesome.

“Guard yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of יהוה  your Elohim which He made with you, and shall make for yourselves a carved image in the form of whatever יהוה  your Elohim has forbidden you.“For יהוה  your Elohim is a consuming fire, a jealous Ě

“And it shall be, because you hear these right-rulings, and shall guard and do them, that יהוה  your Elohim shall guard with you the covenant and the kindness which He swore to your fathers,and shall love you and bless you and increase you, and shall bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you.

“יהוה  does establish you as a set-apart people to Himself, as He has sworn to you, if you guard the commands of יהוה  your Elohim and walk in His ways.“And all peoples of the earth shall see that the Name of יהוה  is called upon you, and they shall be afraid of you.

All the paths of יהוה  are kindness and truth, To those who guard His covenant and His witnesses.

Thus said יהוה, “In a favourable time I shall answer You, and in the day of deliverance I shall help You – and I guard You and give You for a covenant of the people, to restore the earth, to cause them to inherit the ruined inheritances,

“For this is the covenant I shall make with the house of Yisra’ĕ

“But I shall remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I shall establish an everlasting covenant with you.

I say then, has Elohim rejected His people? Let it not be! For I also am a Yisra’ĕElohim has not rejected His people whom He knew beforehand. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Ě

By as much as this יהושע  has become a guarantor of a better covenant.

For finding fault with them, He says, “See, the days are coming,” says יהוה, “when I shall conclude with the house of Yisra’ĕnot according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Mitsrayim, because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them,” says יהוה.“Because this is the covenant that I shall make with the house of Yisra’ĕ

“I guard My kindness for him forever, And My covenant is steadfast with him.

Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to wait.

The book of the genealogy of יהושע  Messiah, Son of DawiḏAḇAnd YehuḏAnd Ram brought forth AmminaḏAnd Salmon brought forth BoʽAnd Yishai brought forth DawiḏAnd Shelomoh brought forth ReḥAnd Asa brought forth Yehoshaphat, and Yehoshaphat brought forth Yoram, and Yoram brought forth Uzziyah.And Uzziyah brought forth Yotham, and Yotham brought forth AḥAnd ḤAnd Yoshiyahu brought forth YeḵAnd after the exile to BaḇAnd ZerubbaḇAnd Azor brought forth TsaḏAnd ElihuḏAnd YaʽSo all the generations from Aḇ

to show compassion toward our fathers and to remember His set-apart covenant,an oath which He swore to our father Aḇ

“You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which Elohim made with our fathers, saying to Aḇ

who are Yisra’ĕwhose are the fathers, and from whom is the Messiah according to the flesh, who is over all, Elohim-blessed forever. Amĕ

For as many promises as are of Elohim, in Him they are Yea, and in Him Amĕ

For as many as are of works of Torah are under the curse, for it has been written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all that has been written in the book of the Torah, to do them.”And that no one is declared right by Torah before Elohim is clear, for “The righteous shall live by belief.”And the Torah is not of belief, but “The man who does them shall live by them.”Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Torah, having become a curse for us – for it has been written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs upon a tree.” –in order that the blessing of Aḇ

Now the first covenant indeed had regulations of worship and the earthly set-apart place.

the Set-apart Spirit signifying this, that the way into the Most Set-apart Place was not yet made manifest while the first Tent has a standing,which was a parable for the present time in which both gifts and slaughters are offered which are unable to perfect the one serving, as to his conscience,

“And יהוה  has caused you to proclaim today to be His people, a treasured possession, as He has spoken to you, and to guard all His commands,

Declaring His Word to YaʽHe has not done so with any nation; And they have not known His right-rulings! Praise Yah!

And see, יהוה  stood above it and said, “I am יהוה  Elohim of Aḇ“And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall break forth to the west and to the east, to the north and the south. And all the clans of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your seed.“And see, I am with you and shall guard you wherever you go, and shall bring you back to this land. For I am not going to leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”

And Elohim said, “No, Sarah your wife is truly bearing a son to you, and you shall call his name Yitsḥ

“I have called the heavens and the earth as witnesses today against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore you shall choose life, so that you live, both you and your seed,to love יהוה  your Elohim, to obey His voice, and to cling to Him – for He is your life and the length of your days – to dwell in the land which יהוה  swore to your fathers, to Aḇ

Who makes peace in your borders, He satisfies you with the finest wheat;

But chose the tribe of YehuḏAnd He built His set-apart place like the heights, Like the earth He founded it forever.

“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” said יהוה : “My Spirit that is upon you, and My Words that I have put in your mouth, shall not be withdrawn from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” said יהוה, “from this time and forever.”

“And I, יהוה, shall be their Elohim, and My servant Dawiḏ

“But I say to you, I shall certainly not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on till that day when I drink it anew with you in the reign of My Father.”

“Blessed be יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕand has raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of His servant Dawiḏ

“For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, as many as יהוה  our Elohim shall call.”

Because there is no distinction between YehuḏFor “everyone who calls on the Name of יהוה  shall be saved.”

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a set-apart nation, a people for a possession, that you should proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light,

“And I shall establish My covenant with you, and never again is all flesh cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again is there a flood to destroy the earth.”

“As for Me, look, My covenant is with you, and you shall become a father of many nations.“And no longer is your name called Aḇ

“And you shall guard this word as a law for you and your sons, forever.

He has given food to those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.

Maker of the heavens and earth, The sea and all that is in them, Who is guarding truth forever,

Therefore I give Him a portion among the great, and He divides the spoil with the strong, because He poured out His being unto death, and He was counted with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

“Thus said יהוה, ‘If you could break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there be not day and night in their season,then My covenant could also be broken with Dawiḏ

“And I shall give them one heart, and put a new spirit within you. And I shall take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,

“And I Myself shall establish My covenant with you. And you shall know that I am יהוה,

On account of this it is of belief, that it be according to favour, for the promise to be made certain to all the seed, not only to those who are of the Torah, but also to those who are of the belief of Aḇ

Brothers, as a man I say it: a covenant, even though it is man’s, yet if it is confirmed, no one sets it aside, or adds to it.

But when the completion of the time came, Elohim sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under Torah,to redeem those who were under Torah, in order to receive the adoption as sons.

The covenant He made with Aḇ

To those who guard His covenant, And to those who remember His orders to do them.

“Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to complete.

“This is the covenant that I shall make with them after those days, says יהוה, giving My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I shall write them,”

And יהוה  said to Mosheh, “Write these Words, for according to the mouth of these Words I have made a covenant with you and with Yisra’ĕ

“And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their seed after them, and brought you out of Mitsrayim with His Presence, with His great power,to drive out from before you nations greater and stronger than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is today.

“If his sons forsake My Torah And do not walk in My right-rulings,“If they profane My laws And do not guard My commands,“Then I shall visit their transgression with the rod, And their crookedness with flogging.

Remember, O יהוה, Your compassion and Your kindnesses, For they are from everlasting.Do not remember the sins of my youth, and my transgressions; According to Your kindness remember me, For Your goodness’ sake, O יהוה.

And so all Yisra’ĕand this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”

But the Yerushalayim above is free, which is the mother of us all.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity –

To Him who smote Mitsrayim in their first-born, For His kindness is everlasting;And brought out Yisra’ĕWith a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, For His kindness is everlasting;

“See, My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My being did delight. I shall put My Spirit upon Him, and He shall declare right-ruling to the nations.

knowing that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your fathers, not with what is corruptible, silver or gold,but with the precious blood of Messiah, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless,

What then shall we say to this? If Elohim is for us, who is against us?

He sent redemption to His people, He has commanded His covenant forever. Set-apart and awesome is His Name.

But יהוה  was pleased to crush Him, He laid sickness on Him, that when He made Himself an offering for guilt, He would see a seed, He would prolong His days and the pleasure of יהוה  prosper in His hand.He would see the result of the suffering of His life and be satisfied. Through His knowledge My righteous Servant makes many righteous, and He bears their crookednesses.

“But go and learn what this means, ‘I desire compassion and not offering.’ For I did not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.”

Let all the ends of the earth Remember and turn to יהוה, And all clans of the nations Bow themselves before You.

Therefore, having been declared right by belief, we have peace with Elohim through our Master יהושע  Messiah,through whom also we have access by belief into this favour in which we stand, and we exult in the expectation of the esteem of Elohim.

He has remembered His covenant forever, The Word He commanded, for a thousand generations,

But You, O יהוה, Are a compassionate Ě

Let not kindness and truth forsake you – Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart,Thus finding favour and good insight In the eyes of Elohim and man.

Thus said יהוה, “In a favourable time I shall answer You, and in the day of deliverance I shall help You – and I guard You and give You for a covenant of the people, to restore the earth, to cause them to inherit the ruined inheritances,to say to the prisoners, ‘Go out,’ to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ “Let them feed on the ways, and let their pasture be on all bare hills.

“And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers. And you shall be My people, and I shall be your Elohim.

But in all this we are more than overcomers through Him who loved us.

For יהוה  is good; His kindness is everlasting, And His truth, to all generations.

Your righteousness is righteousness forever, And Your Torah is truth.

And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not grow weary.

He has made His wonders to be remembered; יהוה  shows favour and is compassionate.

‘For I pour water on the thirsty, and floods on the dry ground. I pour My Spirit on your seed, and My blessing on your offspring,

For His displeasure is for a moment, His delight is for life; Weeping might last for the night, But joy comes in the morning.

“Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you.“For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Messiah, for it is the power of Elohim for deliverance to everyone who believes, to the YehuḏFor in it the righteousness of Elohim is revealed from belief to belief, as it has been written, “But the righteous shall live by belief.”

Your trustworthiness is to all generations; You established the earth, and it stands.

For thus declares the high and exalted One who dwells forever, whose Name is set-apart, “I dwell in the high and set-apart place, with him who has a bruised and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of bruised ones.

The Torah of יהוה  is perfect, bringing back the being; The witness of יהוה  is trustworthy, making wise the simple;The orders of יהוה  are straight, rejoicing the heart; The command of יהוה  is clear, enlightening the eyes;The fear of יהוה  is clean, standing forever; The right-rulings of יהוה  are true, They are righteous altogether,More desirable than gold, Than much fine gold; And sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

“But seek first the reign of Elohim, and His righteousness, and all these matters shall be added to you.

And the Elohim of peace who brought up our Master יהושע  from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,make you perfectin every good work to do His desire, working in youwhat is pleasing in His sight, through יהושע  Messiah, to whom be esteem forever and ever. Amĕ

He heals the broken-hearted And binds up their wounds.

That I might delight myself in Your commands, Which I have loved;That I might lift up my hands to Your commands, Which I have loved; While I meditate on Your laws.

I bow myself toward Your set-apart Hĕ

‘Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not look around, for I am your Elohim. I shall strengthen you, I shall also help you, I shall also uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness.’

Come and see the works of Elohim, Awesome acts toward the sons of men.

And as יהושע  passed on from there, He saw a man called Mattithyahu sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” And he rose and followed Him.And it came to be, as יהושע  sat at the table in the house, that see, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His taught ones.

“I shall not profane My covenant, Neither would I change what has gone out from My lips.“Once I have sworn by My set-apartness, I do not lie to Dawiḏ

I have remembered Your Name in the night, O יהוה, And I guard Your Torah.

However, it is not as though the word of Elohim has failed. For they are not all Yisra’ĕ

“You are My witnesses,” declares יהוה, “And My servant whom I have chosen, so that you know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no Ě

And remember His covenant for their sake, And relent according to the greatness of His kindness.

Because Your kindness is better than life, My lips do praise You.

he did not hesitate about the promise of Elohim through unbelief, but was strengthened in belief, giving esteem to Elohim,

יהוה  does perfect for me. O יהוה, Your kindness is everlasting. Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

Bless יהוה, O my being! O יהוה  my Elohim, You have been very great: You have put on excellency and splendour,Covering Yourself with light as with a garment, Stretching out the heavens like a curtain,Who is laying the beams of His upper rooms in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on the wings of the wind,Making His messengers the winds, His servants a flame of fire.He established the earth on its foundations, So that it would not totter forever,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustworthiness,gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no Torah.

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