Examine the five gifts offered to Jesus and what they teach us about generosity.
What does it look like to give something to Jesus? This devotional contemplates the five tangible gifts offered by people during the course of our Savior’s earthly ministry. Through this five-day devotional, we examine what it means to be generous towards Jesus, in light of his inexhaustible generosity towards us.
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The Magi
“And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.”
Matthew 2:11
The Anonymous Woman
“And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.”
Mark 14:3
The Generous Woman
“And the twelve were with him, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Chu- za, Herod’s household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.”
Luke 8:2-3
The Colt’s Owner
“And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, ‘Why are you untying the colt?’ And they said, ‘The Lord has need of it.’”
Luke 19:33
Joseph of Arimathea
“And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock.”
Matthew 27:59-60
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