Psalm 51: 12  Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Matthew 25: 14-30

  • You’re Capacity– Verse 15, And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
    • Ability and Availability
    • Why different, because he can
    • No questioning and comparing
  • You’re Contribution – Verses 16-19  Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.  And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.  But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money.  After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
    • 100%  or nothing
    • All the master wanted was to do something.
    • No Excuses
  • You’re Compensation – Verses 20-30
    • Given more
    • Taken Away
    • Darkness

Question today, do you want to be like Pharaoh King of Egypt?           Jeremiah 46:17

T. Roosevelt
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and short-coming; who does actually try to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

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