YOUTH RETREAT SLIDE– 59 IN THIS PICTURE
- WELCOME- GLAD YOU ARE HERE TODAY
- LAST WEEKEND WE HAD AT LEAST 62 PEOPLE
- WENT TO WATERMARK CAMP
- FRIDAY- SUNDAY
- GREAT WEEKEND OF WORSHIP/WORD/FOOD/FUN
CHRISTMAS INVITE
- WEEK ONE TAKE IT – PRAY ABOUT A PERSON
- WEEK 2-WRITE THEIR NAME ON IT- PLACE MANGER
- WEEK 3- THE INVITE
- TOM RAINEER- STUDIES CHURCHES PODCAST
- 15% OF ALL PEOPLE COME IF INVITED
- 80% PEOPLE COME WHEN IF SOMETHNG ATTACHED
GO GET COFFE BEFORE OR AFTER
BREAKFAST BEFORE- GRAB LUNCH AFTER
GENEROSITY
- 3RD WEEK IN SERIES ON GENEROSITY
- PRAYING SPIRITUAL- FASTING IS SPRITUAL
- READING AND TEACHING SCRIPTURE IS SPIRITUAL
- GOING ON A MISSIONS TRIP- SPIRITUAL
- SERVING IN KIDS AND YOUTH MINISTRY- SPIRITUAL
- FRANCIS CHAN- LEFT IT ALL IN CALIFORNIA
- STARTED UNDERGROUND CHURCH HONG KONG
- DO WE GIVE TO PEOPLE SACRIFICALLY
- YOU GAVE THAT AWAY JOYFULLY
JUST OVER A YEAR AGO- RUTH AND I INTERVIEW HERE
- LEADERS FROM CHURCH HAD QUESTIONS
- SAT UP FRONT LEADER OF CHURCHES (DR FULLER)
- ELECTED LEADERS ASKED QUESTIONS
- 1ST QUESTION- WHATS A WORD/PHRASE
GENEROSITY DEFINITION
- A READINESS TO GIVE MORE THAN NECESSARY OR EXPECTED.
GENEROSITY STATEMENTS
GENEROSITY IS NOT SO THAT JESUS LOVES ME MORE
GENEROSITY IS BECAUSE HE LOVED ME FIRST.
GENEROSITY STATEMENT
GENEROSITY IS NOT RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS
IT IS A LIFESTYLE OF THANKSGIVING-AND LIVING
PRAY – PLAN- PARTICIPATE
GENEROSITY STATEMENTS
GENEROSITY MOVES YOU TO ACTION. IT MOVESFROM YOUR HEAD,TO YOUR HEART, TO YOUR HANDS.
STATEMENT ON GENEROSITY
AS WE GIVE, GOD INCREASES OUR ABILITY AND DESIRE TO GIVE.
SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 8:1
- “AND NOW, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THE GRACE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN THE MACEDONIAN CHURCHES.
SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 8:2
- IN THE MIDST OF A VERY SEVERE TRIAL, THEIR OVERFLOWING JOY AND THEIR EXTREME POVERTY WELLED UP IN RICH GENEROSITY.
SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 8:3
- FOR I TESTIFY THAT THEY GAVE AS MUCH AS THEY WERE ABLE, AND EVEN BEYOND THEIR ABILITY. ENTIRELY ON THEIR OWN,
SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 8:4
- THEY URGENTLY PLEADED WITH US FOR THE PRIVALEGE OF SHARING IN THIS SERVICE TO THE LORDS PEOPLE.
SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 8:5
- AND THEY EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS; THEY GAVE THEMSELVES FIRST OF ALL TO THE LORD, AND THEN BY THE WILL OF GOD ALSO TO US.
SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 8:6
SOWE URGED TITUS, JUST AS HE HAD EARLIER MADE A BEGINNING, TO BRING ALSO TO COMPLETION THIS ACT OF GRACE ON YOUR PART.
SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 8:7
- BUT SINCE YOU EXCEL IN EVERYTHING-IN FAITH, IN SPEECH, IN KNOWLEDGE, IN COMPLETE EARNESTNESS AND IN LOVE WE HAVE KINDLED IN YOU
SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 8:7
SEE THAT YOU ALSOEXCELIN THIS GRACE OF GIVING.
PICTURE OF CHRISTMAS
- DO YOU REMEMBER BEING A KID A CHRISTMAS
- EXCITEMENT- COULDN’T WAIT-SEE WHAT YOU GOT
- THEN SOMEWHERE IT CHANGED- NOT SURE WHEN
- YOU MOVED TO OVERJOYED-GIVING A GIFT/ GIFTS
CORRIE TEN BOOM QUOTE
“THE MEASURE OF A LIFE, AFTER ALL, IS NOT ITS DURATION BUT ITS DONATION”
- THIS IS HOW MOST PEOPLE OPERATE THEIR LIVES
- THEIR FINANCES
LIVE SAVE GIVE
- WHAT DO I WANT AND NEED- OR VICE VERSA
- WHAT SHOULD I SAVE
- IF THERE IS ANY LEFT OVER- WE MIGHT GIVE
STATE OF THE PLATE- 12%
BARNA- 18-20%
GIVE. SAVE. LIVE
- WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS GIVE FIRST (OT OR NOT)
- SAVE SECOND
- LIVE ON THE REST
WHAT IS SO INTERESTING IS- 2/3 ARE STILL FOR ME
- NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF THEM
- JUST NEED TO RIGHT PRIORITY
MORE
DEFINITION OFGENEROSITY:A READINESS TO GIVE MORE THAN EXPECTED ORNECESSARY
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 5:46
46. “IF YOU LOVE THOSE WHO LOVE YOU, WHAT REWARD WILL YOU GET? ARE NOT EVEN TAX COLLECTORS DOING THAT?
(WHY INCLUDE TAX COLLECTORS IN THIS VERSE- WHATS THE MESSAGE)
SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 5:47
47. AND IF YOU GREET ONLY YOUR OWN PEOPLE, WHAT ARE YOU DOINGMORETHAN OTHERS?
JOAN KROC
- WIFE OF THE FOUNDER OF MCDONALDS RAY KROC
- VERY POOR IN ST PAUL MINNESOTA
- J0AN SIGNIFIGANT CONTRIBUTION SAL ARMY
- 1.8 BILLION DOLLARS 2003- BECAME 2.2
- CAPTIN IN THE SALV ARMY
- SALVATION ARMY DOESN’T DELIVER
- NO NAME MAN- EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT DELIVERED
STREET BUSYNESS
- LARGEST OPEN AIR DRUG MARKET IN WORLD
- ROUGH- HARD TO SEE-OBVIOUSLY HARD TO POLICE
KENSIGNTON BARBOR
TIME- TALENT- TREASURE- TOUCH
QUOTE “YOUR BIBLE DOESN’T SAY
YOUR BIBLE DOESN’T SAY GODLOVES A GIVER-IT SAYS IN THE VERY NEXT CHAPTER OF 2 CORINTHIANS
GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER.
GENEROUS
- HOW WE DOING WITH US BEING GENEROUS
- FRANCIS CHAN STARTED THE MESSAGE WITH
- WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE CHURCH WERE…
- YOU ARE THE CHURCH- YOU HAVE A RICH LEAGACY OF GENEROSITY
- ARE WE WILLING TO PRAY ABOUT LORD WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME TO DO?
PRAY
PLAN
PARTICIPATE
RETURN- BROUGHT
DAD AT RESTAURANTS
HOW CAN WE LEARN TO BE GENEROUS UNLESS WE PRACTICE IT
PAUL IS WRITING TO CORINTH- THEY HAD GOOD INTENTIONS AND THEY DON’T FOLLOW THROUGH
WHAT CAN YOU GIVE THIS WEEK? JUST PICK ONE THING AND GIVE ANDLETSSEE WHAT HAPPENS.
The church is being generous right away
Rides to medical appointments-Terry
WHAT DO YOU DO MORE THAN OTHERS?
WHAT DOES CHEERFUL GIVING LOOK AT SOUND MAKE?
Do weevery stopand pray about how to be generous?
- Thinking that the church must be generous but not necessarily those who make up the church.