GREAT STORIES
August 24 & 25, 2024 // Pastor Kevin Frank

¹⁹ Jesus said, “There was a rich man who always dressed in the finest clothes and lived in luxury every day. ²⁰ And a very poor man named Lazarus, whose body was covered with sores, was laid at the rich man’s gate. ²¹ He wanted to eat only the small pieces of food that fell from the rich man’s table. And the dogs would come and lick his sores. ²² Later, Lazarus died, and the angels carried him to the arms of Abraham. The rich man died, too, and was buried. ²³ In the place of the dead, he was in much pain. The rich man saw Abraham far away with Lazarus at his side. ²⁴ He called, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering in this fire!’ ²⁵ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember when you were alive you had the good things in life, but bad things happened to Lazarus. Now he is comforted here, and you are suffering. ²⁶ Besides, there is a big pit between you and us, so no one can cross over to you, and no one can leave there and come here.’ ²⁷ The rich man said, ‘Father, then please send Lazarus to my father’s house. ²⁸ I have five brothers, and Lazarus could warn them so that they will not come to this place of pain.’ ²⁹ But Abraham said, ‘They have the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets; let them learn from them.’ ³⁰ The rich man said, ‘No, father Abraham! If someone goes to them from the dead, they would believe and change their hearts and lives.’ ³¹ But Abraham said to him, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not listen to someone who comes back from the dead.’”
Luke 16:19-31

1. You are

for how you use what God has given you.

From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded. And from the one trusted with much, much more will be expected.
Luke 12:48

A. Generosity reveals your

.
Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:21

B. Generosity

God’s heart.
Do good to others, and share with them, because such sacrifices please God.
Hebrews 13:16

C. Generosity is

.
Give, and you will receive. You will be given much. Pressed down, shaken together, and running over, it will spill into your lap. The way you give to others is the way God will give to you.
Luke 6:38

2. Success is

Reveal Answer

.

Jesus sat down and called the twelve apostles to him. He said, “Whoever wants to be the most important must be last of all and servant of all.”
Mark 9:35

3. A Great life is Ordinary plus

.

Action Steps:

1. Define your reason for the resources that God has given you. Spend some time praying and journaling about this.
2. Find three ways to be a servant and go out of your way this week.
3. What are some ordinary things that you should invite Jesus into that would change their importance and eternal impact? Spend some time praying and journaling about this.