{"id":95587,"date":"2026-05-12T17:02:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=95587"},"modified":"2026-05-12T17:02:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:02:39","slug":"simple-offerings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/simple-offerings\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Offerings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Zeke Flores<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>Now when anyone presents a grain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it<\/em>&#8221; (Leviticus 2:1).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The grain offering was simple: no animal, no blood; just flour, oil, and frankincense. It was the everyday person&#8217;s offering, something anyone could bring. And that&#8217;s part of the beauty of it. God wasn&#8217;t only interested in the big, dramatic sacrifices; He welcomed the ordinary ones, too.<\/p>\n<p>Most of our lives are made of &#8220;grain offering&#8221; moments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Small acts of faithfulness.<\/li>\n<li>Quiet prayers.<\/li>\n<li>Simple kindness.<\/li>\n<li>Choosing patience when you&#8217;re tired.<\/li>\n<li>Serving someone without being noticed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These aren&#8217;t flashy, but they matter deeply to God.<\/p>\n<p>Fine flour had to be crushed and sifted. It took effort. And sometimes our &#8220;small&#8221; obedience feels like that; it costs us something. But God sees it. He values it. He receives it as worship.<\/p>\n<p>If you ever feel like your life isn&#8217;t impressive enough or your service isn&#8217;t big enough, remember the grain offering. God delights in the simple things done with a sincere heart. Today, offer Him something small but genuine. It&#8217;s more meaningful than you think.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Zeke Flores &#8220;Now when anyone presents a grain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it&#8221; (Leviticus 2:1). The grain offering was simple: no animal, no blood; just flour, oil, and frankincense. It was the everyday&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[1186,574],"class_list":["post-95587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-offerings","tag-service"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31874,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-you-support-conscientious-objection\/","url_meta":{"origin":95587,"position":0},"title":"Do you support conscientious objection?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Do you or your church support selective conscientious objection and conscientious objection? 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