Modeling Generosity for Your Children
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
“Generosity” isn’t just about money. In this upbeat talk, Brad Formsma explains how to have a giving mindset, and shares the importance of modeling generosity to your children. It goes beyond money: you can be generous with your thoughts, your words, your time, your influence, your attention, and your stuff. Brad encourages doing “generosity projects” with your kids so that they can experience the blessings of selflessness. We’ll also hear from his son Drew on how parents can impart this message to their children in an engaging way.
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| 0:00.0 | Alyssa suffered through 11 years of her husband's addiction, and she feared the worst. |
| 0:06.5 | After we had called focus on the family, that was really the journey where we started |
| 0:12.4 | to see God moving and working. |
| 0:16.4 | I know that focus on the family was just an answered prayer. |
| 0:19.8 | Alyssa's marriage was transformed so much so that she began sharing our resources with |
| 0:25.4 | many other hurting couples. |
| 0:27.5 | Focus on the family was really the first resource outside of our church that was true, that |
| 0:33.6 | was vividly grounded, grounded and true, that we kind of more like, this is something |
| 0:39.3 | we can get behind. |
| 0:40.6 | I'm Jim Daily, working together this season, we can give families hope. |
| 0:45.6 | Please consider a generous donation today, and your gift will be doubled. |
| 0:50.6 | Our number is 800-A Family, or visit focusonthofamily.com slash gift. |
| 1:02.8 | The creator of the universe works through us to be a part of answering prayer. |
| 1:11.1 | But I would submit we have to have our antenna work and we have to be looking and listening |
| 1:15.8 | for those opportunities. |
| 1:18.7 | It's a really good insight, and we're going to hear more today about meeting the needs |
| 1:22.7 | of those around us, of others. |
| 1:25.3 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 1:26.3 | This is Focus on the Family with your host, Focus President, and author Jim Daily, and |
| 1:30.6 | I'm John Fuller. |
| 1:31.7 | You know, the Bible contains many, many verses about being generous with what God has given |
| 1:36.7 | us. |
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