Stay Positive #3 “I’m Generous”
One Thing we can all agree on in our lives is that we are all Greedy in at least one area of our lives…money, food, cars, clothes, forgiveness, sin! All of us struggle to break free from greed in our lives…yet when we see that greed is what kills what God wants to do in & through us then it’s so much easier to be generous! Yet, we often keep walking in the Cul-De-Sac of Generosity getting no where because we can’t see the greed we are blinded by!
3 Ways to Break Greed In Our Lives
John 6:1-14
- LOOK AT Jesus! (Look Up Like Jesus Did)
- No matter what our Circumstance it all starts with Jesus being at the Center. When we look to Jesus the things, and trials, of this world seem small!
- Generosity isn’t about bringing to Tithe to Jesus…that is His already…it’s about giving above what is already His. It’s helping a stranger in need, it’s forgiving that person though they haven’t asked for it.
- UNDERSTAND what Jesus WANTS! (Jesus Asks to Sit At His Feet and He Will Provide)
- So Often we get caught saying it’s easy for them to give because they have all they need provided for…and isn’t that what our Father in Heaven does for us?
- Jesus wants us to live a life that is fulfilled beyond measure, not so that we can get a bunch of stuff…but so that we can experience a heart full blessing, anticipation and life change.
- SURRENDER! (Just give what you have to Jesus)
- When we surrender all that we have to Jesus it goes further than us, blesses more than we ever could and comes back to us abundantly more than we could ask or imagine
- When we surrender control to Jesus…funny thing is we aren’t worried about results! The peace that comes from that far outweighs the stress of trying to do it all on our own.
Take Away:
What Areas of My Life Am I Being Greedy?
Would I Like to Be More Generous or Less Generous with God and Others? How?
Challenge:
Find A Way To Be Generous to One Person this week
***Just Ask God what He would have you give & watch what happens
Fight hard to go 3 days straight without a negative thought!
***If you get a negative thought you restart trying for 3 days straight!
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