Be Generous - Devotional with Guitar Music for Sleep and Meditation
Samuel Reid - Personal Ministries
[{'start': '0.240', 'end': '2.960', 'text': 'Welcome to this meditation.'}, {'start': '2.960', 'end': '6.080', 'text': "Fall asleep with tonight's\xa0\ndevotional as you listen to"}, {'start': '6.080', 'end': '14.880', 'text': 'Be Generous (Days 39-40) from my book,\xa0\n"God Loves You: A 40-Day Devotional".'}, {'start': '14.880', 'end': '19.040', 'text': 'Day 39: Be a Blessing to Others'}, {'start': '19.040', 'end': '28.080', 'text': 'Matthew 25:21 says: “His lord said unto him,\xa0\nWell done, thou good and faithful servant:'}, {'start': '28.080', 'end': '30.960', 'text': 'thou hast been faithful over a few things,'}, {'start': '30.960', 'end': '36.720', 'text': 'I will make thee ruler over many things:\xa0\nenter thou into the joy of thy lord.”'}, {'start': '36.720', 'end': '40.080', 'text': 'A man gave one of his servants five talents,'}, {'start': '40.080', 'end': '45.120', 'text': 'another servant two talents,\xa0\nand another servant one talent.'}, {'start': '45.120', 'end': '52.080', 'text': 'The one that had five talents got five more.\xa0\nThe one that had two talents got two more.'}, {'start': '52.080', 'end': '55.920', 'text': 'But the one who had one talent hid his talent.'}, {'start': '55.920', 'end': '65.280', 'text': 'Matthew 25:24-27 says: “Then he which had received\xa0\nthe one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee'}, {'start': '65.280', 'end': '71.280', 'text': 'that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou\xa0\nhast not sown, and gathering where thou hast'}, {'start': '71.280', 'end': '78.880', 'text': 'not strawed: and I was afraid, and went and hid my\xa0\ntalent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is'}, {'start': '78.880', 'end': '86.320', 'text': 'thine. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou\xa0\nwicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I'}, {'start': '86.320', 'end': '92.480', 'text': 'reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have\xa0\nnot strawed: thou oughtest therefore to have put'}, {'start': '92.480', 'end': '98.560', 'text': 'my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming\xa0\nI should have received mine own with usury.”'}, {'start': '98.560', 'end': '103.680', 'text': 'God does not want us to focus only on\xa0\nourselves and not care about others,'}, {'start': '103.680', 'end': '107.920', 'text': 'but He wants us to think about\xa0\nthem and be generous to them.'}, {'start': '107.920', 'end': '112.800', 'text': 'He does not want us to keep our gifts\xa0\nand talents to ourselves or hide them,'}, {'start': '112.800', 'end': '117.600', 'text': 'but He wants us to use them to bless\xa0\nothers and share His love with them.'}, {'start': '117.600', 'end': '123.040', 'text': 'Are you willing to be generous to others\xa0\nwith your time and resources? Are you'}, {'start': '123.040', 'end': '128.560', 'text': 'going to hide your talents, or will you\xa0\nuse them to be a blessing to others?'}, {'start': '128.560', 'end': '131.040', 'text': 'Day 40: Freely Give'}, {'start': '131.040', 'end': '138.400', 'text': 'Matthew 10:8 says: “Heal the sick,\xa0\ncleanse the lepers, raise the dead,'}, {'start': '138.400', 'end': '144.000', 'text': 'cast out devils: freely ye\xa0\nhave received, freely give.”'}, {'start': '144.000', 'end': '152.160', 'text': 'God wants us to share our gifts, talents, and the\xa0\nblessings He has given us so we can bless others.'}, {'start': '152.160', 'end': '155.680', 'text': 'He does not want us to keep\xa0\nthose things to ourselves,'}, {'start': '155.680', 'end': '160.240', 'text': 'but He wants us to be generous to others\xa0\nby sharing those blessings with them.'}, {'start': '160.800', 'end': '166.240', 'text': 'This goes for our tithes and offerings\xa0\nas well. God does not want us to keep'}, {'start': '166.240', 'end': '171.360', 'text': 'the money we have to ourselves because we are\xa0\nsaving it up for something we want, or to give'}, {'start': '171.360', 'end': '177.360', 'text': 'just because we have to, but He wants us to\xa0\ngive out of a genuine heart and love for Him.'}, {'start': '177.360', 'end': '182.560', 'text': 'He does not need our money because everything\xa0\nbelongs to Him, but He wants us to freely give'}, {'start': '182.560', 'end': '188.400', 'text': 'our money to Him so that other people will be\xa0\nblessed and know that God loves them as well.'}, {'start': '188.400', 'end': '194.240', 'text': 'Sometimes when people give to others, they want\xa0\nto be recognized or want something in return,'}, {'start': '194.240', 'end': '198.240', 'text': 'but Christ does not want us to give\xa0\nto others for those reasons or other'}, {'start': '198.240', 'end': '203.280', 'text': 'selfish desires because He kept showing\xa0\nGod’s love to others and healing them.'}, {'start': '203.280', 'end': '205.760', 'text': 'When God blesses you with something,'}, {'start': '205.760', 'end': '208.880', 'text': 'will you freely share it with\xa0\nothers so they can be blessed?'}]