Five Marks of God Centered Generosity
My good friend, Dale Argot, posted a great sermon he preached last week on church planting at Sermon Cafe Roundtable.
He shares five marks of God centered generosity from II Corinthians 9.
1. God supplies the resources.
“…God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat.”
2. God increases and enlarges the resources.
“In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.”
3. God promises abundance.
“…You will be enriched in every way.” Now I know that your thinking that overnight I have caught the health, wealth and prosperity bug, but I assure you that I have not. The next point is where those who are of the prosperity camp stop.
4, God supplies so we can generously share.
“…so that you can always be generous.” John Wesley lived his life with this philosophy, “Earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can.”
5. God receives the credit when we live generously.
“And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God.” We can’t take the credit for what God has done. We can’t even take the credit for what God has given us.
He shares five marks of God centered generosity from II Corinthians 9.
1. God supplies the resources.
“…God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat.”
2. God increases and enlarges the resources.
“In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.”
3. God promises abundance.
“…You will be enriched in every way.” Now I know that your thinking that overnight I have caught the health, wealth and prosperity bug, but I assure you that I have not. The next point is where those who are of the prosperity camp stop.
4, God supplies so we can generously share.
“…so that you can always be generous.” John Wesley lived his life with this philosophy, “Earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can.”
5. God receives the credit when we live generously.
“And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God.” We can’t take the credit for what God has done. We can’t even take the credit for what God has given us.
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