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Billy Graham's Daily Devotion

What God Expects

July 24, 2013

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much . . .
–Luke 16:10

What God expects, and all God expects, is that we dedicate completely all of our talents and gifts to Him. That is the meaning of the parable of the talents in Matthew, chapter 25. Read this parable, and you will see that we are always rewarded because of our faithfulness. You can be just as faithful as anyone and have the commendation of the Lord. Take the one talent you have and invest it in eternal things. Some talented people lose their reward because they do things to be seen of men. Some untalented people lose their reward because they fail to dedicate what they have, because it is not noticed by men. Both have sinned equally.

Prayer for the day

Let me not be concerned with the praise of men, but may my talent be completely yielded to You, Lord Jesus.

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10 Comments

Karen says 7.27.2012, 04:08 a.m.

God has given me talents I am not using due to truly not knowing how to get set up to create my art and to teach OTHERS to create it. Please pray for guidance in that I may not waste another day but find God's direction in how to do this. Thank you!

Isaac Yesuvaram says 7.24.2012, 9:54 p.m.

Amen!

blessed says 7.24.2012, 6:12 p.m.

Jesus please save us from this wicked and sinful world.

dianne says 7.24.2012, 07:47 a.m.

please LORD guide us thru this day we have had so much things happening that i would love to be a happy one trying to buy a house and things just not going right please Lord guide me and everyone involed with this thru this day

Joe says 7.24.2012, 07:02 a.m.

Amen.

Rachel says 7.24.2012, 06:46 a.m.

Thank you for being so faithful, help me to remember Your promises. Give me peace, lift this weight of worry off my back.

Gerry says 7.24.2012, 05:05 a.m.

Using your "God given talents" to encourage people who struggle in life is a privilege . Thank you Lord for the opportunities .

Rich says 7.24.2011, 08:08 a.m.

Another week begins Lord. Please be with me in everything I do and grant me peace, please lift the dark cloud from me.

Gerry says 7.24.2011, 07:29 a.m.

Pray and ask the Lord to give you the opportunity and courage to use your God-given talent or gift to bring glory to his Holy name. As children of God it is our priviledge to serve and bring praise to our Heavenly Father whenever possible.

Sharon says 7.24.2011, 03:11 a.m.

You have to be careful that you do not let pride take over and God is placed on the sidelines. Glory goes to God for our gifts and we need to ensure that we do no take the glory for ourselves but glory goes to God.

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