THERE IS MORE – Overflow

THERE IS MORE – OVERFLOW

³⁸ Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.”

Luke 6:38

THE WORLD OF THE GENEROUS

• Generous people are

“The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.”

Proverbs 11:25

• Generous people are

“The godly care about the rights of the poor; the wicked don’t care at all.”

Proverbs 29:7

“Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need.”

Proverbs 21:13

• Generous people are

“Blessed are those who are generous…”

Proverbs 22:9

• Generous people are .

“If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord and he will repay you!”

Proverbs 19:17

LEAVING A LEGACY

²⁴ The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller.”

Proverbs 11:24 (MSG)

        1.  Set your heart on .

“…You’ll not likely go wrong here if you keep remembering that our Master said, ‘You’re far happier giving than getting.’”

Acts 20:35 (MSG)

        2.  Set your heart on .

“Here’s the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home. “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities. ¹¹ And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven? And if you are not faithful with other people’s things, why should you be trusted with things of your own? “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.”

Luke 16:9-13

        3.  Set your heart on .

“Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.”

Colossians 3:1-2

FINAL THOUGHT

The value of life isn’t determined by how much I or but by how much I .