Generosity
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· 3 viewsGenerosity comprises sacrificing what is ours to be a blessing to others.
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What is “generosity?”
What is “generosity?”
A few synonyms: unselfishness, hospitality, kindness, openhandedness, benevolence, charitable, liberality, freely giving, “all heart!”
Antonyms: selfishness, greed, stinginess, unkindness
look up scriptures on…G. Is giving out of ourselves to othersOpposite: stinginess/selfishnessIt starts with our generosity to God. When we don’t tithe, “I can’t afford to tithe,” what we are really saying is that we don’t trust God to take care of us! That my needs & wants are more important than anything else! Ouch!Tithing might mean sacrifice! You don’t need the gym membership, multiple streaming services, daily drinks from ???, etc. etc. etc.!God challenges our generosity, asks us to show him our love and trust, and invites us to help take care of his church and servants!When we learn the lesson of generosity, we realize that our highest purpose is to serve rather than to be served! (Look up Jesus who says that)Than the focus of our lives become serving others. When we evaluate everything through the grid of serving, we gain amazing happiness when we bless others and in the process don’t have room for unhappiness!When instead we run everything through the grid of how people serve us, we soon become jaded and unhappy. Nothing good ever comes from that dark place!
Check out Barna Material:
#1 reason that people give = “who I am”
More likely to be generous if they received generosity themselves in a different season
1/3 of people give relatively nothing…???