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For the past two weeks our focus has been – The Joy of Generosity.
In week one, it was all about the joy of receiving.…receiving
that starts here…
Graphic – creation…
All giving begins with God WHO creates the universe and forms man and from His generosity we have life.
Thank you God our Father.
But His generosity doesn’t stop here…when man turns away from God, God reveals His generosity again, when He sends us His only Son,
Graphic of Christmas
God so loved the world that He gave His only Son…
AND God generosity doesn’t end here it just keeps getting greater.
Graphic - Jesus on the cross,
In a profound act of generosity, Jesus finds joy in His suffering and death for us, for the world, for you...and
(ESV) 12 To all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
Our first week WE defined Joy like this:
(slide from last week) Joy is life eternal in the presence of God, a life that began when you were born again.
Last week we focused on the joy of managing God’s blessings ACKNOWLEDGING THAT God gives all that we are and have.
We receive joy managing God’s blessings when our hearts are dedicated to use all that God has entrusted to us for the furthering of His Kingdom and the benefit of others.
Our stewardship, the managing of God’s gifts, is always a matter of our hearts.
Jesus said,
ESV For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
AND because we have received the Holy Spirit, the Spirit can by grace alone, through faith alone produce in us, the God-given, God-blessed stewardship of our hearts.
Today, our focus is on the joy we receive when we share God’s blessings with others.
We’re going to look very quickly at three examples of those who out of their joy, share God’s blessings.
From ,
jn 4:4-6
Jesus is alone at the well, when...
Nothing in this narrative happens as we might expect.
We don’t expect Jesus to talk to this woman, because...
We don’t this woman to leave the well, go back to the town in the joy of generosity to share the blessings of God.
She has found the Messiah.
But that i what she does.
What we don’t expect to see is what the town does.
The town dispises this woman yet, when she generously shares the God’s blessings with the town,
WE don’t expect her to go back to the town.
We don’t expect them to give her the time of day, let alone believe her testimony.
We are stewards of the mysteries of God.
Compelled by joy we share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
We are compelled by joy to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
In the second example, from ,
Paul has been asked to gather an offering to help the church in Jerusalem from the churches in Asia Minor.
In his second letter to the Corinthians, writes in the 8th chapter,
The Macedonians did not do what Paul expected regarding their giving.
Out of their joy of generosity, they gave beyond their means, of their own accord.
Compelled by joy we share with others in need
In the last example, from , Jesus is at the temple.
It is holy week,
While Jesus was watching…(graphic)
(ESV)
42  And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny.
And the same motivation of this widow is what what moves us to share the blessing of God.
And what moves us to share the blessing of God.
The same motivation of this widow.
We are compelled by joy to share the blessings of God from our love
found For the sake of time, I want to jump Children are some of the best examples to us of those who find joy in sharing.
They love to share with others when they aren’t not afraid of losing
Christ gave up everything, including His life, on the cross for us.
His love and sacrifice compells us to share the joy of God’s blessings in our church and our work together her to further the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Moved by His life, love, sacrifice, we commit together to offer our whole lives to Him as our daily offering of gratitude.
motivate us to offer our whole lives to Him as our daily offering of gratitude.
How will you decide what you will pledge this year in the joy of generosity?
Paul makes four points for us to thinking about as we pledge our gifts to Christ Church.
Point 1, Giving is an individual decision that comes from a cheerful heart willing to give.
Let your faith in Christ move you to pledge.
Point 2 - God promises to reward our generosity and provide all we need for every good work.
Let every need around become and opportunity to demonstrate God’s generosity.
Point 3 - God promises to make us rich so that we may be generous
Patti's father was a LCMS pastor.
On the TV, there was a small plate where he placed their weekly offerings written in a check.
It was written after he received his weekly check.
There it sat until Sunday.
On Sunday, I never saw him put an offering in, as he was involved in the service.
I suspect it was Patti's mother who placed it in the offering each week.
It was visible for anyone in the home who took the time to see.
But the lesson that it taught in their home?
Christ first in everything.
Point 4 - Our generosity brings thanks and praise to God.
Let us pray...
(NONE do what we expect: Samaritan shared God’s blessings with someone who, in all likelihood, hated him.
The woman shared her joy in finding the Messiah with a town that despised.
The Widow gave her last coins away, all she had to live in, revealing her total trust in the LORD’S provisions and promises.
Jesus does not do what we would expect either.
He forgives those who despise and reject him, punish him - nailing him to the cross, and even his closest friends whom we would expect to be there for Jesus, but who in their fear abandon him, he returns from the dead, not pointing out their sins, but showing them grace and mercy and love.)
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