Fueling An Effective Life
Make a Difference - Part 3
May 25, 2025
“24Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything. 25The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.” Proverbs 11:24-25 (NLT)
How You Define Being Generous:
G- Get To Not Have To
“You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” Acts 20:35 (NLT)
“They begged us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift for the believers in Jerusalem.”
2 Corinthians 8:4 (NLT)
E- Enables You To Make A Difference
“God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us to do good works ... and long ages ago He planned that we should spend these lives in helping others.” Ephesians 2:10 (NCV&TLB)
“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.” Galatians 6:9 (NLT)
“The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me - to tell people the Good News about God's grace.” Acts 20:24 (NCV)
N- Nurtures Spiritual Growth
“19Don't store up treasure here on earth ... 20Instead, store your treasures in heaven ... 21for wherever your treasure is, that’s where your heart will be.” Matthew 6:19-21 (NLT)
“God wants us to grow up ... like Christ in everything.” Ephesians 4:15 (MSG)
E- Eradicates Materialism’s Hold
“Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.” 1 Timothy 6:17 (NLT)
R- Reflects Our Heavenly Father
“But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to YOU? Everything we have has come from YOU, and we give YOU only what YOU first gave us!” 1 Chronicles 29:14 (NLT)
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (NLT)
O- Ownership Mindset To Stewardship Mindset
“1Jesus told His disciples another story. He said, ‘There was a rich man (The Owner) who had a manager. Some said that the manager was wasting what the rich man owned. 2So the rich man (The Owner) told him to come in. He asked him, “What is this I hear about you? Tell me exactly how you have handled what I own.” ... ’” Luke 16:1-2 (NIRV)
“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.” Luke 16:13 (NLT)
U- Underscores God’s Abundance
“10For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, He will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you. 11Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. ...” 2 Corinthians 9:10-11 (NLT)
“24Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything. 25The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.” Proverbs 11:24-25 (NLT)
S- Store Up Eternal Treasures
“18Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and should give happily to those in need, always being ready to share with others whatever God has given them. 19By doing this they will be storing up real treasure for themselves in heaven—it is the only safe investment for eternity! And they will be living a fruitful Christian life down here as well.” 1 Timothy 6:18-19 (TLB)
“19Don't store up treasure here on earth ... 20Instead, store your treasures in heaven ... 21for wherever your treasure is, that’s where your heart will be.” Matthew 6:19-21 (NLT)
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