Rediscovering Generosity – Part 2

“Walt had unassailable confidence in his convictions. He believed in this thing and when he looked at you, you got to believe too.” –Herb Ryman 

 God’s Kingdom is a Better Investment Than the Magic Kingdom 

Matthew 6:33 (ESV): 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 

Being Generous with God 

• Time 
• Talent 
• Temple 
• Treasure 

Reversing Our Psychology About Money 

Matthew 6:25–33 (ESV): 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 

• People with significant means focus on ideas. 
• People without significant means focus on money. 

If you focus on the most significant ideas, the significant means will find you. 

• Matthew 6:19–21 (ESV): 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys  and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 Forwhere your treasure is, there your heart will be also.  

1. My current motives, values, ethics and priorities are subject to review and discussion.  
2.  Allow God to reset what is important to you based on what is important to Him. 
3. Submit to a growing recognition that everything you have belongs to God.