Each person received according to personal capacity

The amounts were based on who seemed most deserving

Treat a smaller assignment as unimportant

If you would like to receive Jesus, pray this with me: Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned and tried to manage my life without you. I need your mercy and your saving grace. I believe you died for my sins and rose again. I turn from my sin and trust you as Lord over my life. Thank you for receiving me. Amen.

Receive the Lord Who Entrusts and Saves

Lord, awaken your Church where we compare, hide, or envy the portions you have given. Teach us to receive your assignments with humility, courage, and joy, and to use every gift faithfully for your glory, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Revive Your Church to Faithful Stewardship

Father, thank you that you know each person's capacity better than we do. Thank you for wise, measured trust, and for the grace to be content and faithful with what you have placed in our hands, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Thank You for Wise Assignments

Pray by naming the responsibilities you have now, asking God to help you do them well, and then asking him to free you from comparison with others.

Pray for Wisdom with Your Share

Bring to God any envy over someone else's share, any shame over a small assignment, and any pride over a larger one. Ask for a steady heart that values faithfulness more than comparison.

From Comparison to Faithfulness

Pray for leaders, parents, workers, students, and helpers to steward well what they have received; that the one with much would be humble and the one with little would be steady and hopeful, and that all would be faithful.

For Those Entrusted with Much and Little

καὶ{KE###KEH###And} ᾧ{HO###HOH###to one} μὲν{MEN###MEHN###indeed} ἔδωκεν{E-do-ken###EH-doh-kehn###he gave} πέντε{PEN-te###PEHN-teh###five} τάλαντα{TA-lan-ta###TAH-lahn-tah###talents} ᾧ{HO###HOH###to another} δὲ{DE###DEH###but} δύο{DEE-o###DEE-oh###two} ᾧ{HO###HOH###to another} δὲ{DE###DEH###but} ἕν,{HEN###HEHN###one} ἑκάστῳ{he-KAS-to###heh-KAHS-toh###to each} κατὰ{ka-TA###kah-TAH###according to} τὴν{TEEN###TEEN###the} ἰδίαν{i-DI-an###ee-DEE-ahn###own} δύναμιν,{DEE-na-min###DEE-nah-meen###ability} καὶ{KE###KEH###and} ἀπεδήμησεν.{a-pe-DEE-mee-sen###ah-peh-DEE-mee-sehn###he went away} εὐθέως{ef-THE-os###ehf-THEH-ohs###Immediately}

Matthew 25:15 — Source TextTAB

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