Living Generously

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1. LIVING GENEROUSLY Luke 12:16-34
2. Biblical Stewardship Psalm 24:1 “The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it”
3. GOD is generous Ps 145:15-16 “ The eyes of all look to you and you give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing” (NIV)
4. Prosperity is not something that comes to us but something that flows out from us. We are blessed to be a blessing. Isaiah 32:8 But the noble, open-hearted and liberal man devises noble things, and he stands for what is noble, open-hearted and generous (Amp)
5. SEA OF GALILEE LIFE DEAD SEA NO LIFE FLOW MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
6. “generous” Old Testament : 1.To saturate with water 2. To give to overflowing New Testament : 1. Being ready to distribute 2. To hold lightly as if on your fingertips
7. Generosity is Biblical Proverbs 11 : 24,25 “One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed”
8. Law of Generosity Mark 8 : 35-36 “For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life [i.e. holds it on his fingertips] for My sake and the gospel's will save it.” (NKJV) 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 back to you.“ (NIV)
9. Law of generosity 2 Corinthians 9:10 “ Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness” (NIV)
10. Law of generosity 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 “ Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loved a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that you , in all things at all times always having what you need, you will abound in every good work” (NIV)
11. LIVING GENEROUSLY • Place Jesus at the centre of our lives • See things from God’s perspective • Seek His Kingdom first