Title: Getting a Grip on Generosity
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Description: Let’s be honest, talking about money in church can be an awkward subject. We know the tension it stirs and the questions it raises. But what if generosity isn’t about guilt or obligation, but joy, freedom, and trust? What if giving isn’t something God wants from us, but something He wants for us?
Text
2 Corinthians 8:1-9
We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that was given to the churches of Macedonia: 2 During a severe trial brought about by affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. 3 I can testify that, according to their ability and even beyond their ability, of their own accord, 4 they begged us earnestly for the privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints, 5 and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us by God’s will. 6 So we urged Titus that just as he had begun, so he should also complete among you this act of grace.
7 Now as you excel in everything—in faith, speech, knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us — excel also in this act of grace. 8 I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
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Big Idea: To get a grip on generosity, we must
ourselves to the Lord who
gave Himself for us.