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Legacy Sunday – Generous People
December 1, 2024Legacy Sunday – Generous People
Pastor Blake Hanson | 12.1.24
2 Corinthians 8:6 (NLT)
6 So we have urged Titus, who encouraged your giving in the first place, to return to you and encourage you to finish this ministry of giving.
2 Corinthians 8:7 (NLT)
7 Since you excel in so many ways—in your faith, your gifted speakers, your knowledge, your enthusiasm, and your love from us—I want you to excel also in this gracious act of giving.
TO BE GENEROUS.
Isaiah 32:8 (NLT)
8 But generous people plan to do what is generous, and they stand firm in their generosity.
THREE ATTRIBUTES OF A GENEROUS PERSON
- Generous people give .
2 Corinthians 8:10–12 (NIV)
10 And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so.
11Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.
12 For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
- Generous people give .
2 Corinthians 8:11-12 (NIV)
11 Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.
12 For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
Leviticus 27:30 (NIV)
30 “ ‘A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 16:2 (NLT)
2 On the first day of each week, you should each put aside a portion of the money you have earned…
- Generous people give .
Mark 12:41–44 (NLT)
41 Jesus sat down near the collection box in the Temple and watched as the crowds dropped in their money. Many rich people put in large amounts.
42 Then a poor widow came and dropped in two small coins.
43 Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has given more than all the others who are making contributions.
44 For they gave a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she had to live on.”
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