THE PRACTICE OF GENEROSITY 2 CORINTHIANS 8

Steve Holdaway, 02.23.20 LifeSpring Church

BIG IDEA: GOD DISPLAYED HIS GENEROSITY BY GIVING HIS ONLY SON. WE RESPOND TO HIS EXAMPLE BY GROWING IN THE DISCIPLESHIP OF GENEROSITY. GENEROSITY SPRINGS FROM GRATITUDE, NOT _________________. (1-2) Affliction + Poverty + Grace = Joy + Generosity

GENEROSITY CANNOT BE _______________. (3-4)

GENEROSITY COMES WHEN YOU GIVE YOURSELF TO GOD: IT’S DISCIPLESHIP. (5, 7)

FIVE KINDS OF GIVERS Beginning Giver: Lad with the lunch; Zacchaeus Consistent Giver: Mary, who supported Jesus; Cornelius Tithing Giver: Abraham; Jacob Expanding Giver: Good Samaritan; David Extravagant Giver: Widow; Barnabas GENEROSITY IS A SHARED ACT THAT BENEFITS ______. (10-11; 14-15)

For next Sunday, Read 2 Cor. 9

THE PRACTICE OF GENEROSITY 2 CORINTHIANS 8

Steve Holdaway, 02.23.20 LifeSpring Church

BIG IDEA: GOD DISPLAYED HIS GENEROSITY BY GIVING HIS ONLY SON. WE RESPOND TO HIS EXAMPLE BY GROWING IN THE DISCIPLESHIP OF GENEROSITY. GENEROSITY SPRINGS FROM GRATITUDE, NOT _________________. (1-2) Affliction + Poverty + Grace = Joy + Generosity

GENEROSITY CANNOT BE _______________. (3-4)

GENEROSITY COMES WHEN YOU GIVE YOURSELF TO GOD: IT’S DISCIPLESHIP. (5, 7)

FIVE KINDS OF GIVERS Beginning Giver: Lad with the lunch; Zacchaeus Consistent Giver: Mary, who supported Jesus; Cornelius Tithing Giver: Abraham; Jacob Expanding Giver: Good Samaritan; David Extravagant Giver: Widow; Barnabas GENEROSITY IS A SHARED ACT THAT BENEFITS ______. (10-11; 14-15)

For next Sunday, Read 2 Cor. 9