Grateful and Broken | FOR
My goal for our church is not to just BE generous…I want all of us to LIVE generous.
RANDOM acts of GIVING are not GENEROSITY.
When you become truly generous, as Jesus defines generous, you will GIVE more. You will SAVE more. You will CONSUME less.
Luke 21:1-4 (pg. 1,635)
v.1 “As Jesus looks up, He saw the RICH putting their GIFTS into the Temple treasury.”
v.2 “He also saw a POOR WIDOW put in two very small COPPER coins.”
v.3 “Jesus said, Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in MORE than ALL the others”
v.4 “All these people gave gifts out of their WEALTH; but she out of her POVERTY put in ALL she had to live on.”
Generous people PLAN Generous people CALCULATE Generous people DESIGNATE.
Always give from a GRATEFUL heart and a BROKEN heart.
You cannot ACQUIRE or CONSUME your way into happiness…But you can LOVE, SERVE and GIVE your way there.
How can EMPTYING myself leave me feeling so FULL? DIVINE Design.
SELFISHNESS is the result of BROKENNESS.
Sin SEPARATES us into our own SELF-CENTERED worlds.
Galatians 5:19-23 (pg. 1,815)
v.19 “The ACTS of the FLESH are OBVIOUS: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred discord jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions factions and envy, orgies and the like…”
v.22 “But the FRUIT of the SPIRIT: is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”
v.23 “Against such things there is NO law.”
The VALUE of a LIFE is always measured by how much of it was GIVEN away.
“It is HAPPIER to GIVE than to receive.” – Jesus, Acts 20:35