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1 1. [Intro] We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill 2. [A] 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 ¹Now about the collection for the Lord s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. ²On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. 3. [A]

2 2 Corinthians 8:1-7 ¹And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. ²In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. ³For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, ⁴they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord s people. ⁵And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. ⁶So we urged Titus, just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part. ⁷But since you excel in everything in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you see that you also excel in this grace of giving Corinthians 8:8-9 ⁸I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. ⁹For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich Corinthians 8:10-12 ¹⁰And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. ¹¹Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. ¹²For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have. 6.

3 2 Corinthians 8:13-15 ¹³Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. ¹⁴At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality, ¹⁵as it is written: The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little Corinthians 8:8-9 ⁸I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. ⁹For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. 8. Philippians 2:6-8 ⁶Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; ⁷rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. ⁸And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death even death on a cross! 9.

4 Generous Grace is the divine influence within followers of Christ that causes us to give ourselves and our resources to further the Kingdom of God through His church. Ephesians 2:8-9 ⁸For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God ⁹not by works, so that no one can boast. 2 Corinthians 8:9 ⁹For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. 10. Generous Grace impacts my ability to give. Reframes my situation. 11. Generous Grace impacts the amount I give. Reframes my financial priorities. Luke 12: 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 12.

5 Generous Grace impacts the heart I give with. Reframes my attitude. 13. Generous Grace impacts what I view as acceptable to God. Reframes my perspective. 2 Corinthians 8:12 For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have. 2 Corinthians 8:7 But since you excel in everything in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you see that you also excel in this grace of giving. 14. Generous Grace balances freedom and responsibility. Reframes what I determine to give. 1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. 2 Corinthians 8:13-15 Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality, as it is written: The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. 15.

6 Generous Grace flows out of a relationship rather than a standard. Reframes why I give. 2 Corinthians 8:5 They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich

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