Welcome, friends. This is Ruth. And this is Troy. You are listening to the Foundations podcast.

This week we are covering foundation number six, which says gift generously in word, action, and supply. There is nothing to lose.

Oh, we are going to get into this and talk about how

this is not a number on a page or a formula, but it is a posture of the heart. So join us today.

We're so excited. You ready? Let's get started.

Okay, babe, so when we wrote this one, give generously in word, action, and supply, there is nothing to lose.

That's based on 2 Corinthians 910.

He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sewing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. I mean, obviously, we're talking about provision and treasure and supply, but

it's bigger than that. And why did you write the words when you wrote these foundations?

Why did you write the words, there is nothing to lose?

Well, you know, the starting point for this one, I think, is just the realization that our God,

the God of the Bible, is the most generous God imaginable. And you don't have to study many other religions or look at the history of gods in literature to see that generosity is not always

a characteristic of them. But, I mean, from the very beginning of the Genesis account and how he

created us and the things that he gave us, I mean, put us in a garden and gave us all of those

things to eat. And he walked and talked with Adam and Eve.

He took Adam on safari.

I mean, hello, guys.

That sounds pretty awesome, doesn't it?

You get the name of the animals.

Other religions are based on fear and this nervous sense that that God is, small G,

that God is going to, you know destroy you but the God of the

universe the God that we believe and know and love is the God who pursued us from day one and when we

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