Living Generously, Part 3

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Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

Michael Youssef, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Sermons, Bible Study, Theology, Health & Fitness, Jesus, Mental Health, Preaching, Bible, Spirituality, Religion, Holy Spirit, Ltw, Leading The Way

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🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

When God challenges us to live generously, His challenge is not primarily about money—it is about our hearts. In his new five-part series Living Generously, Dr. Michael Youssef challenges us to stop asking, “What’s in it for me?” and start asking, “How does God want to use me?” In this series, you’ll learn from a widow, a king, and a church whose love for God overflowed into giving—and you’ll see how the gracious love of God compels us to give of our time, our resources, and our talents: willingly, joyfully, and sacrificially.

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0:00.0	I'm going to ask you, please turn to the Word of God, 2 Corinthians chapter 8, verses 1 to 9.
0:09.0	There is one thing that is certain, and it is this.
0:14.8	Your view of money makes all the difference in the world regarding your view of the Lord. Let me repeat this.
0:25.5	Your view of money makes all the difference in the world regarding your view of the Lord.
0:30.9	Money and serving is a very effective barometer for our spiritual temperature.
0:41.0	Why? Because money is neutral.
0:44.9	Money can be used by evil people to evil ends,
0:47.8	can be used by righteous people for righteous ends.
0:57.7	As a matter of fact, I love that statement made by one of the great missionary statesman of yesteryear, E. Stanley Jones.
1:06.5	E. Stanley Jones put it this way. He said, you cannot serve God and Maman, but you can serve God with Maman. Amen?
1:16.1	Money is minted personality. Money is the distillation of our time and energy and labor.
1:24.1	And giving of ourselves and giving of our money often go together. And this is why the Macedonians,
1:31.1	Paul said about them, he said, they gave of themselves to the Lord first, then to us from their resources. See, the Bible makes it very clear, very clear, particularly in Deuteronomy 18.
1:38.9	It is God who gives you the power to make wealth. Without him, you've had it. First Timothy 617 tells us
1:48.5	that God richly supplies us with all things for our enjoyment. The people who don't understand
1:57.5	biblical view of money, they are the very people who see giving as just another obligation.
2:05.8	But in reality, for those who know the grace of God, giving is a singular privilege.
2:15.3	Giving is a priceless privilege because it is the pipeline which God uses
2:22.2	to bring about God's promised blessings to his faithful children. And that is why in Luke 638,
2:30.0	Jesus said, give and it will be given to you, shaken together, and running over. That's the
2:38.1	promise of Jesus. In 2 Corinthians 9.6, Paul said, whoever shows sparingly will reap sparingly,
2:47.0	but whoever shows generously is going to reap generously. See, generous living and generous giving to God results from greater giving of God to his faithful children. The promises of God regarding generous living and generous giving should stimulate believers to sacrificially give more. But sadly, with the
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