18/05/2026
TFACM DAILY DEVOTIONAL TRUMPET
MONDAY, 18TH MAY 2026
TOPIC: GIVING HAS ITS OWN REWARD
TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 12:10-15
MESSAGE
The apostle Paul wrote _“I don’t want what you have - I want you - I will gladly spend myself and all I have for you, even though it seems that the more I love you, the less you love me.” (2 Corinthians 12:14-15 NLT) Paul found his greatest fulfillment in giving, not receiving. For him, giving was its own reward. For him, being successful meant making others successful. For him, being joyful meant bringing joy to others.
That’s because he didn’t look to people for his reward, but to God. "Remember that, the Lord will reward each one of us for the good we do.” (Ephesians 6:8 NLT)
The hardest thing for most of us is fighting our natural tendency to put ourselves first. That’s why it’s important to continually examine your motives and make sure you’re not sliding back into selfishness. If you want to check your motives, follow the example of Benjamin Franklin. Every day he asked himself two questions:
1. When he got up in the morning he would ask, 'What good am I going to do today?
2. Before he went to bed, he would ask, 'What good have I done today?
If you can answer those questions with selflessness and integrity, you can keep yourself on track.
Seeing those in needs and giving to meet that need, keeps your priorities and perspective right. It increases the quality of life for both the giver and the receiver. The truth is, there is no life as empty as the self-centered life.
And there is no life as centered as the self-emptied life.
TAKE THE HYMN:
TFACM English Hymnal 517 (SS&S 621) – I Gave My Life for Thee
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Thank God for the word today.
2. Take away every spirit of stinginess in me.
3. My Father and my God, today I resolve to be a giver.
4. Father, in line with Your word, make my soul fat as I give liberally.