Why God Prospers Generous People, Part 2
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
You know that great feeling you get when you give a gift to someone? In this message, you’ll learn from Chip how to keep that feeling going 365 days a year!
Fact #1 – God blesses generous people! -Acts 20:35; Lk. 6:38; Pr. 22:9, 19:17, Dt. 24:19; Pr. 3:9-10, 11:24-25
Fact #2 – God provides clear criteria for becoming a generous person!
- Genuine generosity gives the FIRST and the BEST to God. -Pr. 3:9-10
- Genuine generosity is regular and SYSTEMATIC. -1 Cor. 16:2
- Genuine generosity is PROPORTIONAL to our income. -1 Cor. 16:2
- Genuine generosity is SACRIFICIAL. -2 Cor 8:1-4
- Genuine generosity is THOUGHTFUL, voluntary, and WORSHIPFUL. -2 Cor. 9:5-7
Fact #3 – is Breakthrough Concept #3: God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving. (Randy Alcorn - The Treasure Principle)
Fact #4 – The key to becoming habitually generous and experience habitual happiness is FAITH!
- Faith says – Refuse to chase the wind. -Ec. 2:11
- Faith says – Enjoy God’s provision. -1 Tim. 6:19
- Faith says – God rewards those who step out and TRUST Him. -Heb. 11:6
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:04.0 | Why is it that some people seem to prosper and others don't? |
| 0:09.0 | You know those people that just seem God's favor in his hand upon them and their children and their business and their work? |
| 0:16.0 | And even when they go through really difficult times, they have this almost weird contentment. |
| 0:21.9 | What's the common denominator of these people who God prospers? |
| 0:26.6 | Do you want to find out? Stick around. |
| 0:30.6 | Imagine you're dying of thirst in the desert. You find a pump and a note instructing you to pour out your only jar of water to make it work. |
| 0:39.2 | Sounds crazy, right? Yet this is exactly what God asks of us. Today on Living on the Edge, |
| 0:45.8 | Chip Ingram reveals why the most counterintuitive financial decision you'll ever make is also the smartest. |
| 0:52.7 | Let's be clear, God doesn't prosper us so we can upgrade our lifestyle. |
| 0:56.8 | He blesses us so we can upgrade our impact. And as we near the conclusion of our series about |
| 1:02.3 | the genius of generosity, I'm pleased to report that Living on the Edge has received an outpouring |
| 1:07.8 | of donations toward the December match in which your donation is multiplied |
| 1:12.0 | by two. And before the deadline tomorrow, you too can double your gift by going to living on theedge.org. |
| 1:19.7 | But right now, let's continue Chip's message called God Prosper's Generous People. |
| 1:24.9 | I have a little jar here and like you to think about this jar is your life. |
| 1:31.6 | And all the water inside this jar is all the time, all the energy, all the talent, all the money, |
| 1:38.0 | all the opportunity, your 401k, your car, your house. |
| 1:42.1 | It's all that you have. |
| 1:43.8 | And we have this ridiculous command of God that |
| 1:47.9 | says, give, pour it out. Trust me. Don't be afraid. Don't be so tight with your time. Don't be tight and |
| 1:59.0 | guarded with your money. Trust me with your life and as you give it away, |
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