WK 4 | September 25, 2022
4 Challenges:
01) Attend the weekend to experience Jesus.
02) Invite a friend to help them experience Jesus.
03) Take a next step to follow Jesus.
Challenge #4 - Give generously to propel the mission forward.
BIG IDEA: GENEROSITY ISN’T SOMETHING GOD WANTS FROM YOU BUT FOR YOU.
Philemon 1:4-6 -
4 I always thank my God when I pray for you, Philemon, 5 because I keep hearing about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all of God’s people. 6 And I am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ.
THOUGHT 01 | GENEROSITY STARTS WITH
Philemon 1:6 -
And I am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ.
THOUGHT 02 | GENEROSITY WILL TRANSFORM YOUR
Ephesians 3:16-19 -
16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. 17 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Proverbs 11:10 -
The whole city celebrates when the godly succeed; they shout for joy when the wicked die.
THOUGHT 03 | GENEROSITY FUELS GOD’S
Malachi 3:10 -
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. 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.”
ACTION POINT: LIVE GENEROUSLY.