Today on Summit Life with Jenny Greer money can buy you a $5,000 mattress

But it cannot buy you rest it can buy you the latest toys, but can't give you joy

It can give you a comfortable retirement, but not give you the ability to die at peace with God

And you know ultimately it and that all the things that you were seeking you were seeking rest

You were seeking joy you were seeking fulfillment in that what you were after and Paul says it's uncertain

Welcome to Summit Life with pastor author and theologian JD Greer as always. I'm your host Molly Vittavitch

You know most people begin to squirm when the pastor starts talking about how we handle our money

Some come from churches where wealth is looked down upon as a sign of worldliness or greed and some feel guilty for having a nice house or a robust

Savings account others may have been burned by prosperity teachers who used false promises to

Manipulate the congregation into giving, but what does the gospel really teach us about wealth and generosity

Pastor JD titled today's message a generous spirit. So let's come with an open heart and open hands as we hear these truths from God's Word

You got your Bible once you'd open it to John chapter 15

John chapter 15 where in the middle of or actually coming toward the end not quite at the end of a series that we are calling gospel

And we are talking about the revolutionary power of Christianity and one of the things that I've given you throughout our time together is this kind of wheel

That we are using to give you a picture of what growth in the gospel looks like

These are five or six things that come out of John 15 that Jesus said will be true of you if you were planted in him

First thing we looked at is when Jesus has changed you he is he gives you a hunger for his word

He gives you the capacity and the faith to pray that was the first week then the second week we talked about how

God increases godly character in us through the gospel

We become more patient with others. We develop self-control and kindness and goodness and all the other fruit of the spirit

Then we talk about community when Jesus has changed you you develop a love for others that similar to his love for you

And so you start to want to pour out your lives for others

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