11.19.17 // GENEROSITY BRINGS ABUNDANCE

GENEROSITY BRINGS ABUNDANCE

Generosity – Part 3

Scott Young.com – Pastor of HOPE

2 Corinthians 9:6-11 (The Message) - Remember: A stingy planter gets a stingy crop; a lavish planter gets a lavish crop. I want each of you to take plenty of time to think it over, and make up your own mind what you will give. That will protect you against sob stories and arm-twisting. God loves it when the giver delights in the giving … This most generous God who gives seed to the farmer that becomes bread for your meals is more than extravagant with you. He gives you something you can then give away, which grows into full-formed lives, robust in God, wealthy in every way, so that you can be generous in every way, producing with us great praise to God.

 

GOD HAS MORE FOR YOU

 

1. We All Live In a Sowing And Reaping World

Galatians 6:7 (NKJV)- Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

2 Corinthians 9:6 (The Message)- Remember: A stingy planter gets a stingy crop; a lavish planter gets a lavish crop.

 

2. It Takes Discipline to Sow

2 Corinthians 9:7(The Message) - I want each of you to take plenty of time to think it over, and make up your own mind what you will give. That will protect you against sob stories and arm-twisting. God loves it when the giver delights in the giving.

 

3. Disciplined Sowing Brings Great Abundance

2 Corinthians 9:10 (The Message) - This most generous God who gives seed to the farmer that becomes bread for your meals is more than extravagant with you.

2 Corinthians 9:10-11 (The Message) - He gives you something you can then give away, which grows into full-formed lives, robust in God, wealthy in every way, so that you can be generous in every way, producing with us great praise to God.