October 13th, 2024 - A Thank Offering

Scripture Passages:  Leviticus 7:11-15; John 6:1-14; Mark 14:17-26

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A Thank Offering

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Giving Thanks at Thanksgiving
Words, a prayer, your heart, your self

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Rituals for offering thanks:
regulations for the fellowship offering...as an expression of thankfulness

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Various and Many
  thick loaves made without yeast ... thin loaves made without yeast ...thick loaves of bread made with yeast.

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Give thankfully and eat fully
14 ... it belongs to the priest who splashes the blood of the fellowship offering against the altar. 15 ...must be eaten on the day it is offered;

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Scarcity
7 Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

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Generosity
9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

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Abundance
“Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

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Scarcity
18 While they were reclining at the table eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.”

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Generosity
22 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.”

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Abundance
 25 “Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

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1. Let ritual thanksgiving shape you.
2. Pay attention to moments where scarcity gives opportunity for generosity.
3. Don't forget to celebrate abundance.