OVERFLOW
How Generosity Changed My Life
By Shawn Johnson
Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine. —Proverbs 3:9-10 NIV
“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.” —Malachi 3:10 NIV
Generosity is not about how much you have. It’s about trusting God with what you have!
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” —Isaiah 26:3 NKJV
And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. —2 Corinthians 8:1-4 NIV
… The other giving simply flowed out of the purposes of God working in their lives. —2 Corinthians 8:5 MSG
But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving. —2 Corinthians 8:7 NIV