Generosity

There is a difference between stewardship and generosity

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Giving begins with understanding

2 Cor. 8:7-9

Understanding leads to good stewardship

2 Cor. 8:10-17

A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God’s. - Tim Keller

Stewardship leads to joy and blessing

2 Cor. 9:6-8

Joy and blessing leads to generosity

2 Cor. 9:10-11

God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them. – Augustine

“Whatever you are holding onto in this life, hold it loosely so it won’t hurt when the Lord has to pry your fingers open to take it away.” – Priscilla Shirer

“The kingdom that Jesus preached and lived was all about a glorious, uproarious, absurd generosity.”-N.T. Wright

Generosity leads to understanding

2 Cor. 8:1-6