This red paperclip is currently sitting on my desk next to my computer This red paperclip is currently sitting on my desk next to my computer. I want to trade this paperclip with you for something bigger or better, maybe a pen, a spoon, or perhaps a boot.  If you promise to make the trade I will come and visit you, wherever you are, to trade. Hope to trade with you soon!  Kyle 

PS I'm going to make a continuous chain of 'up trades' until I get a house. Or an Island. Or a house on an island. You get the idea.

Matthew 15:32-37 32 Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” 33 Then His disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill such a great multitude?”

Matthew 15:32-37 34 Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.” 35 So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

Matthew 15:32-37 36 And He took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitude. 37 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left.

Matthew 15:32-37 “How many loaves do you have?” Gave thanks Used what they had to serve others Seven large baskets remained

Matthew 25:14-30 Each had according to their ability What they had – even small – was more than enough to grow

Genesis 37:3-4 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors. 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

Genesis 37:5-11 Genesis 39:1-4; 19-23 Genesis 40:1-6; 13-15 Genesis 41:9-16; 37-41

Joseph Recognized gifts from God Followed opportunities that were presented Served and preserved God’s people

1 Samuel 17 Recognized abilities from God Turned away from things that were not comfortable Served and preserved God’s people

Nehemiah Sought opportunities from God Used Relationships to fill ability gaps Served and brought God’s people together

PS I'm going to make a continuous chain of 'up trades' until I get a house. Or an Island. Or a house on an island. You get the idea.