
COMPLETED “I AM” I Am Generous
I Am Generous
August 25, 2024
Acts 20:35 - …remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
• THE DIRECTION OF YOUR LIFE DETERMINES YOUR DESTINATION. YOUR DECISIONS DETERMINE YOUR DIRECTION.
• YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS, AND THEN YOUR DECISIONS MAKE YOU
Big Idea: One of the best spiritual practices you can do is to decide now what you want to do later.
When faced with
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Generosity isn’t about what you have or don’t have. Generosity is all about the HEART.
Luke 12:18-19 - “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’
If you want to be generous when you have more, learn to be generous when you have less.
TWO QUALITIES OF GENEROUS PEOPLE
1. Generous people have a PLAN to be generous.
Isaiah 32:8 - But generous people plan to do what is generous, and they stand firm in their generosity. NLT

Matthew 6:33 - But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Malachi 3:10 - “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. …”
Malachi 3:10 - “… Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” NIV

We give God our first and our best and trust Him to bless the rest.
2. Generous people think higher amounts, not lower AMOUNTS
Proverbs 21:26 - All day long he [the lazy and selfish] craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back. ESV
Luke 10:35 - The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
Luke 19:8 - “… if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”