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Crazy Love Podcast

God’s Grace, Your Generosity | Francis Chan

Crazy Love Podcast

Crazy Love Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Religion, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this message, Francis Chan unpacks how true generosity is not a forced act but a natural byproduct of a life transformed by Christ. Drawing from Revelation and 2 Corinthians 8, he highlights the eternal promises of God that shift our focus from self-centeredness to God-centeredness, producing joy and selfless love. This message was originally shared on December 9, 2018 at Garden Church.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Crazy Love podcast.

0:07.0

What if generosity wasn't something you had to force, but something that naturally overflowed from your life?

0:14.0

In this week's teaching, Francis Chan explores the heart of true generosity, revealing how it's not about guilt or obligation,

0:22.7

but the supernatural result of a life transformed by Christ.

0:26.9

He shows how understanding God's promises and presence can transform even the most reluctant

0:32.9

heart into one overflowing with joy and selflessness.

0:40.7

It's good to be here.

0:47.4

And I feel like last service I was rushed, because I was rushed.

0:53.6

And because I had flown in and I got here just until, like service was already 45 minutes into it.

0:54.6

And I get in the room, and we're just...

0:58.0

And God used it, great things, but I just...

1:04.0

I've been doing this long enough to where you...

1:07.0

There are times when you really believe, like, God is speaking through you. And then other times when you really believe like God is speaking through you.

1:11.9

And then other times when you're just going through a script or,

1:19.2

and not that I ever have a script, but it's just, it just wasn't all there.

1:25.2

And God still uses because any time you read from this book, it's living,

1:29.8

it's active, it does things. Anyone can come up here and read from this book and it will impact you.

1:37.6

Okay? So that's always our safety. But there's something that I think is so great when I really can die to myself and really believe,

1:50.1

almost like a demon-possessed person, you know, where they're not speaking, but something

1:55.3

else is speaking through them to be a Holy Spirit-possessed person where it's like, oh, God, I believe you're speaking

2:05.2

these things through me, always grounded from this book, always tested from this book,

2:12.2

but there are times when I just really sense God is speaking to me and leading me through His Word and revealing things

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