EXTRAVAGANT GIVING

• I Love My Church by Living out the Mission (Matthew 24:14)

• I Love My Church by Doing Life Together (Acts 2:44, 46)

• I Love My Church by Serving Like Jesus (Mark 10:45)

• I Love My Church by _________________________________

All day long [the lazy and selfish] craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back. Proverbs 21:26 (ESV)

THREE MINDSETS ABOUT GENEROSITY:

1) THE _________: THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH

…You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, earns wages to put into a bag with holes. Haggai 1:6 (NKJV)

2) THE ________________: THERE IS ENOUGH

2 All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God… 5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. Deuteronomy 28:2, 5 (NIV)

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.…” Luke 6:38 (NIV)

3) THE ___________: THERE IS WAY MORE THAN ENOUGH

9 Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; 10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing.… Proverbs 3:9-10 (NIV)

“Dedicate to me every firstborn among the Israelites. The first offspring to be born, of both humans and animals, belongs to me.” Exodus 13:2 (NLT)

Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck.… Exodus 13:13 (NIV)

NEXT STEPS:
“Do not merely listen to the word… Do what it says.” James 1:22 (NIV)