How Does God Measure Generosity?, Part 1

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🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

What is God looking for from you when it comes to being generous? Join Chip as he explores the answer to that question in this message from his series "The Genius of Generosity."

Breakthrough Concept #4: God does not measure generosity by the size of our gift, but by the size of our sacrifice.

The Christmas Story: A graduate course in generosity

The Magi -Mt. 2:11 - Your Money
The Shepherds -Lk. 2:15-17 - Your Time
Joseph -Mt. 1:18-24 - Your Reputation
Mary -Lk. 1:26-38 - Your Future
Jesus -Mk 10:45 - Your Life
The Father -Jn 3:16 - Your Most Precious Possession

Three observations:

Generosity is not so much a virtuous act, as it is a virtuous RESPONSE.
God does not measure generosity by the size of our gift, but by the size of our SACRIFICE.
Increasing levels of generosity bring increasing levels of REWARD / BLESSING.

Generosity is to love as thunder is to lightning: Luke 6:38

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0:00.0	Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.
0:04.2	Would God call you a generous person?
0:08.0	And stop, stop.
0:08.9	Right before you think about how much money you give,
0:12.3	I want you to rethink the question.
0:15.5	If God didn't even take into account anything to do with money,
0:19.2	how generous are you from his perspective?
0:22.1	Are there other ways that he measures generosity that might be even way more important than money?
0:28.2	And let me give you a hint. The answer is yes, and you don't want to miss living on the edge today.
0:34.9	It's New Year's Eve, and right now Christians across America are making last-minute giving
0:39.9	decisions, writing checks, clicking donate buttons, responding to year-end appeals.
0:46.1	But here's a startling question. Is generous giving really about the size of your gift?
0:51.5	Today on Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram explains how God measures generosity
0:56.0	in a way that will completely flip your perspective. Using a familiar Bible story, Chip shows that
1:02.5	true generosity goes far beyond your checkbook. It touches the deepest parts of who you are
1:08.0	and what you value most. And then just after Chip's message, we'll explain
1:12.6	how you can leverage your year-end donation at Living on the Edge.org. Until midnight tonight,
1:18.4	on New Year's Eve, every dollar given to support Living on the Edge is automatically doubled
1:23.6	in size and impact because of this match. Well, more details later, but right now,
1:29.3	the message from Chip called, How Does God Measure Generosity? So, how does God measure generosity?
1:36.9	Well, Jesus has a way of taking what we believe and what we think and how we evaluate
1:42.2	and literally turning it upside down.
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