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God is Generous!
No one could ever be as generous as God! James 1:17 tells us that "every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father." How is that for generous!? Every good & perfect gift comes from the generous God.
We should be Generous!
It was always God’s will that His people be generous. To be conduits of blessing. As Children of God, as people created in His image, we should be generous. Generous with our time, our listening ears, our energy, our heart, our love, and yes… our money.

There are 3 reasons why someone might lack the generosity that God intends.

* No Heart
* No Plan
* Wrong Season

5 types of Givers

* Non-givers
* Initial givers
* Systematic givers
* Proportional givers
* Extravagant givers

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Financial Peace 4 - Generosity
Sermon Notes by Chris Fluitt
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We are in the final week of our Financial Peace series. We would love to see every member of Redemption Church have financial peace, to be good stewards, to make God the #1 priority, to worship God in every area of their life including money, to be free from debt, to build wealth through disciplined saving. It is our prayer that what we have discussed the last weeks have challenged you to bring change to your life.

WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU IN THE AREA OF MASTERING YOUR MONEY we are willing… please take advantage.

* We can help you build a budget.
* We can give you advice.
* We can help you build a debt snowball.
* You can ask us questions

 

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE – do not continue life as usual. If you don’t like your current life situation… then don’t continue to live life this way.

 

Today on this final day we are going to talk about Generosity.

I hope you understand that God is Generous.  No one could ever be as generous as God

James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.(NIV)

It was always God’s will that His people be generous. To be conduits of blessing…

We talked about the covenant that God made with Abraham, that Abraham and his seed were to be a blessing…

 

Jesus tells us that GIVING carries a greater blessing than receiving. Acts 20:35 ..the Lord Jesus himself said: `It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."(NIV)

Proverbs 11:24 One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.(NIV)

Proverbs 11:25 A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.(NIV)

 

Proverbs 19:17 He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done.(NIV)

Luke 6:30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.(NIV)

As Children of God, as people created in His image, we should be generous.  Generous with our time, our listening ears, our energy, our heart, our love, and yes… our money.

 

I could only come up with 3 reasons why people might not be generous. If you can come up with any other reasons feel free to text our anonymous line 214 856 0550.

 

We may lack generosity because we lack heart.

#1 No Heart for generosity

Money is a heart issue. Our treasure and heart occupy the same space.

We actually see the person in need of our help and we know that we have something that would help them, yet our heart is not in tune with the need… our heart is more in tune with the money in our wallet.