“I taught you to remember the words of the Lord Jesus: ‘You will have a greater blessing when you give than when you receive.” Acts 20:35 ERV

“Give freely, and you will profit. Help others, and you will gain more for yourself.” Proverbs 11:25 ERV

“Give away your life; you’ll find life given back, but not merely given back—given back with bonus and blessing. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity.” Luke 6:38 MSG

Generosity can be described by answering the question:

What am I doing with my

TIME?

TALENT?

TREASURE?

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• Be generous because it makes you become like God
  

“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.” Ephesians 5:1-2 NASB

“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:22-24 NIV

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• Be generous because you are promised to be rewarded for it
  

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:19-21 NASB

“Nobody can lay any foundation, you see, except the one which is laid, which is Jesus the Messiah! If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass or straw— well, everyone’s work will become visible, because the Day will show it up, since it will be revealed in fire. Then the fire will test what sort of work everyone has done. If the building work that someone has done stands the test, they will receive a reward.” 1 Corinthians 3:11-14 NTFE

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• Be generous because life is to short to be selfish
  

“…death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart.” Ecclesiastes 7:2 NIV

“Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.: James 4:13-14 NIV