Give and it will be given to you, Luke 6, verse 38.

Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Responding to Generosity was written by Monica Lerose and read by Rochelle Traub.

Luke, chapter 6, verses 31 through 38.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?

Even sinners love those who love them.

And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you?

Even sinners do that. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is

that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies,

do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the

most high because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your father is merciful. Do not judge,

and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive,

and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure pressed down, shaken

together and running over will be poured into your lap, for with the measure you use, it will be

measured to you. Responding to Generosity, written by Monica LaRose.

When Lydia was gifted $10,000 by anonymous donors, she spent little of it on herself.

Instead, she gave generous gifts to coworkers, family, flood victims, and charities.

Lydia, unbeknownst to her, was part of a study following how 200 people responded to a

no-strings-attached gift of $10,000 through a bank transfer. That study found that more than two-thirds of that gifted money was given away.

Sharing this story, Chris Anderson, head of the TED non-profit media organization, reflected,

it turns out that we human beings are wired to respond to generosity with generosity. In Scripture, we find that

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