11.5.17 // 115 SQUARE FEET

115 Square Feet
Generosity – Part 1
Pastor Holly Russo

John 6:1-14

1. Focusing on lack stifles generosity

Matthew 14:15 (Berean Study Bible)-Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

John 6:7 (NIV)-Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wage to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

2. Generosity gives compassion

Matthew 14:10 (NASB)- He sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

Matthew 14:13 (ESV)- Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns

Luke 9:11 (NIV) - But the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.

3. Jesus saw resources others didn’t

John 6:10 (NIV) -Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there).

4. The boy gave something that shouldn’t have made a difference

John 6:9 (NIV)- “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

Luke 21:1-4- The widows two mites

John 6:12-13 (NIV) “…Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.