Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

10.27- God will help His children to have the money to pay taxes. Matthew 17. 24  When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the [ l ] two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the [ m ] two-drachma tax ?” 25  He *said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs or poll-tax, from their sons or from strangers?” 26  When Peter said, “From strangers,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are [ n ] exempt. 27  However, so that we do not [ o ] offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find [ p ] a shekel. Take that and give it to them for you and Me.”

10.26- Good citizens will not trade their character, integrity and soul for money and Power. Matthew 16. 24  Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. 25  For whoever wishes to save his [ v ] life will lose it; but whoever loses his [ w ] life for My sake will find it. 26  For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 27  For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then [ x ] repay every man according to his [ y ] deeds .

10.25- We feel compassion for the poor around the world. Matthew 15. 32  And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the [ q ] people, because they [ r ] have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.” 33  The disciples *said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?” 34  And Jesus *said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” 35  And He directed the [ s ] people to [ t ] sit down on the ground; 36  and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 37  And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large baskets full. 38  And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and chi