How To Pay Your Bills and Still Be Generous

August 13, 2023 / Mick Nelson

HOW DO I PAY MY BILLS AND STILL BE GENEROUS?

1 Corinthians 16:1-4

Notes:

“Following Jesus is a higher call to not just give generously, but to live generously.”

I. The Problem of Having Money

If your focus is solely on using what you have to make your life better, it can lead to .

II. The Possibilities of Having Money

If you also use what you have to make someone else’s life better, it will lead to .

III. Turning Good Intentions into Effective Actions (I Corinthians 2-4)

“Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem. If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.”

1. Give in response to a . (16:1)

“Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do.” 

2. Give , not just in response to emotional appeals. (16:2a)

“On the first day of every week . . “

3. Give as expression to God. (16:2b)

“. . . each one of you . . .”

4. Give as a consistent . (16:2c)

“. . . should set aside a sum of money . . .”

5. Give a of what you have been given. (16:2d)

“. . . a sum of money in keeping with his income . . .

6. Give as an private act between you and God. (16:2e)

“ . . so that when I come, no collections will have to be made . . .

God loves a cheerful giver.

7. Give to those who have shown themselves worthy of . (16:3-4)

“Then when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and sent them with your gift to Jerusalem. If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.”

Broadways Core Value – .

We recognize that we are ultimately , not in this life.

 

TODAY’S LIFE HACK:

Generosity does not begin with what you , it begins with what you .

 

Small Group Discussion Questions

  1. Growing up, how was money management taught in your home?

  2. When was a time you were a recipient of someone else’s generosity? Share a story.

  3. Describe a moment when you have been generous. Share your experience.

  4. What excuses have you tended to make when there was an opportunity for you to be generous?

  5. How has Jesus’ example of generosity inspired you to become more generous?  Why or why not?

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