Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven.

Matthew 6.20

Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread.

Serving God out of love was written by Ancetus and read by Rochelle Trout.

Matthew chapter 6, verses 1 through 4 and 19 through 21 be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them

if you do you will have no reward from your father in heaven.

So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others.

Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing so that your giving may be in secret. Then your

father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Now verses 19 through 21. Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moths and vermin destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven where moths and vermin do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Serving God Out of Love, written by Anne Cetus. My dad was a hard worker on our farm and in the factory,

but he wasn't a handyman. Sometimes when our

tractor or furnace or plumbing failed, a neighbor or friend would fix it. Dad offered to pay,

even though he knew he couldn't afford as much as they deserved. But they wouldn't accept anything.

They just love to help.

Thanks, he'd say, until you're better paid. I'm still not sure what he meant. Maybe he or someone else did something for them later.

Believers in Jesus who serve others because of their love for him will one day be rewarded. Perhaps that's a form of

until you're better paid. In Matthew chapter 6, Jesus told his followers to store up for

yourselves treasures in heaven. Doing good to others may be one way to store up some of those

treasures.

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