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Gratitude And Generosity

Blessing, Blessing Others, Generosity, Giving, Giving to Others, Gratitude, Thanksgiving

Recently, scientific research has found a neurological link between gratitude and generosity. This whole article is worth reading and quoting in parts, but here…

“Giving has to Mean Something!”

Charity, Giving, Meaning, Purpose

Giving has to mean something! In the 2002 movie About a Boy (directed by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz [Universal Studios, 2002]), the cynical…

Open Hands

Compassion, Generosity, Giving, Sharing

We are called to have compassion for the people around us, so if we have the ability to meet a need, then we must…

What Love Looks Like

Generosity, Giving, Love, Sacrifice, Serving Others

What is one of the ultimate expressions of love? Sacrifice. We might think of the direst of examples, like laying down your life for…

Half-Hearted Gifts

Generosity, Gift, Giving, regift, The Heart

Have you ever received a gift and thought to yourself, “How much effort went into this?” Sometimes we receive gifts we don’t really like….

Hardwired

Creation, Design, Following God, Generosity, Giving, Happiness, Joy, Purpose

It is amazing how God has hardwired our brains and bodies to even function in ways that reward us following him. While it is…

“I’m Stuffed”

Father, Generosity, Giving, Leadership, Love, Selflessness

Leadership involves sacrifice. This scene from the movie Cinderella Man shows what personal sacrifice looks like and how, sometimes when you are leading, you…

Practicing Generosity

2 Corinthians 9:6, Acts 20:35, Discipline, Generosity, Gifts, Giving, Growth, Increase, Luke 21:1-4, Luke 6:38, Matthew 6:21, Practice, Proverbs 11:25, Proverbs 22:9

Practicing generosity is like weightlifting. If you start lifting thirty-pound reps (roughly one-third of your body weight when you’re still one hundred pounds), you…

All Eyes On Me

1 Peter 4:10, Attention, Colossians 3:23, Ephesians 2:10, Fasting, Focus, Giving, Matthew 20:28, Matthew 25:21, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 6:1-34, Ministry, Motivation, Philippians 2:1-11, Recognition, Reward, Service, Serving

Have you ever tried to draw attention to yourself? Like a child who acts out in order to get attention from their parents, or…

16 Illustrations on Generosity

Generosity, Gifts, Giving, The Heart, Treasure

Are you preaching on generosity? Check out these great illustration ideas that bring biblical truths to life through word pictures, stories, and everyday examples….

Denying Our Desires

1 John 3:1-3, 2 Peter 1:3, Denying Ourselves, Following Christ, Galatians 2:20, Giving, Helping others, Luke 14:27, Luke 9:23-24, Matthew 16:24, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Serving

In 1986, Alan and Eric Barnhart started a crane-and-rigging company. They viewed their company as God’s company, though, and decided to cap their income…

The Vigilante Pastor

2 Corinthians 10:5, 2 John 1:6, Broken, Compass, Controversy, Deuteronomy 11:1, Faithful, Fallen, Fearing God, Following, Giving, John 15:14, Revelation 14:12, Sacrifice, Vigilante

The documentary Almost Holy covers the work of Gennadiy, who calls himself “Pastor Crocodile.” His mission is to take homeless and drug-addicted children off…

The Essence of God

2 Corinthians 9:7, Acts 20:35, Benefit, Cost, Giving, God's Essence, Imago Dei, Joy, Love, Luke 6:38, Matthew 6:1-34, Meeting Needs, Proverbs 11:24-25, Serving, The Giver

“The same writer of John 3:16 says in 1 John 4:8, “God is love.” Which I take to mean at least this: giving what’s…

A Generous Gift

2 Corinthians 9:11, Difference, Effective, Generosity, Gifts, Giving, Luke 6:30, Luke 6:38, Miracle, Offering, Proverbs 11:25, Psalm 112: 5, Sermon, Sincerity, Tithe

Hattie May Wiatt was a little girl who lived in Philadelphia in the late 19th She died and left her life savings of $0.57…

Selflessness

1 Corinthians 13:4-7, 1 Peter 3:8, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Caring, Friendship, Galatians 5:13, Giving, John 5:30, Mark 12:31, Philippians 2:3-4, Philippians 2:5-8, Romans 12:10, Sacrifice, Self-centered, Selfish, Selfless

When Jesus died on the cross for our sins, He made the ultimate, selfless sacrifice. There are times He calls us to be selfless….

Exercise Kindness

Beliefs, Charity, Deuteronomy 15:8, Giving, Isaiah 58:10, Isaiah 58:7, Job 31:16-22, Kindness, Love, Love One Another, Loving Others, Matthew 25:35, Matthew 5:42, Matthew 6:1-4, Proverbs 19:17, Psalm 112:5-9, Servanthood, Taking care of others, Tradition

Rupertus Meldenius, a 17th century German theologian, was quoted as saying, “In essentials unity, in nonessentials liberty, in all things charity.” There are essential things…

What’s So Dangerous About Faith?

1 Peter 5:10, Dangerous, Ephesians 2:8-9, Faith, Forgiveness, Gift, Giving, Grace, Hebrews 4:16, James 4:6, Love, Radical, Romans 3:24, Undeserved, Worth

In an interview with Christianity Today, John M.G. Barclay speaks about Paul’s view of grace in his book, Paul And The Gift. When asked, “You…

Falling Into Trust

Character, Confidence, Control, Faith, Giving, God's Sovereignty, Isaiah 14:24, Jeremiah 32:27, Prayer, Proverbs 16:9, Psalm 135:6, Psalm 97:9, Surrender, Trust, Vulnerability

Trust falls are an important way to build confidence between two people. See this awkwardly humorous video about trust falls. While trust falls are…

A Poured Out Life

1 Timothy 6:18, Comfort, Devotion, Generosity, Giving, James 2:5, John 12, Luke 12:21, Luke 12:34, Matthew 13:45, Matthew 5, Money, Poor, Proverbs 16:8, Purpose, Sacrifice, Wealth, Worship

In an article titled “When Wasting Your Life Is Worship,” Jon Bloom compares how Mary and Judas each responded to Jesus in John 12….

The Visitor

1 Corinthians 6:20, Caring, Change, Evangelism, Giving, Grace, Hebrews 13:1, Hospitality, Kindness, Mark 10:45, Mercy, Outreach, Redemption, Revelation 5:9, Romans 13:10

The Visitor is a film about a withdrawn professor getting tangled up in the lives of two undocumented immigrants. He reaches out to them…