Learning to Live a Life of Generosity

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Learning to Live a Life of Generosity

April 28, 2024 • Pastor Allen Bonnell • 2 Corinthians 8—9

Learning to Live a Life of Generosity

2 Corinthians 8-9 (NIV)

1. God’s grace promotes generosity.

2. Your life is your gift to God.

3. Giving is a test.

4. Give cheerfully.

5. God’s abundant grace enables abundant giving, which results in abundant work.

6. Generosity elicits thanksgiving to God.

7. Our gift doesn’t compare to God’s gift.

Life is a Journey

April 21, 2024 • Pastor Allen Bonnell • Genesis 1:28, 2 Chronicles 7:1, Romans 10:14–15, Exodus 35, Exodus 36

Life is a Journey Go Genesis 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Build Exodus 35:4-5; 10, 21-22, 25, 36:6-7 Glorify Romans 10:14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” 2 Chronicles 7:1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

The Kingdom of God is a Party

April 14, 2024 • Pastor Allen Bonnell • Matthew 14:13–21, Matthew 16:23–26, Ephesians 3:20

The Kingdom of God is a Party Matthew 14:13-21 Matthew 16 23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? 1. Trust God to provide. 2. Give what you have. 3. Watch God multiply. Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all, for ever and ever! Amen.

Heart Campaign

April 7, 2024 • Pastor Daniel Lucas • Luke 6:36–38, Proverbs 3:9, Malachi 3:6–11, 2 Corinthians 9:6–8

Luke 6:36-38 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. 37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 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.” (NIV) 1. When I give, it honors God. Proverbs 3:9 - Honor the Lord from your wealth, And from the first of all your produce; Then your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.(NASB) 2. When I give, God blesses me. Mal. 3:6-11 6 “For I, the Lord, do not change; therefore you, the sons of Jacob, have not come to an end. 7 “From the days of your fathers you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ 8 “Would anyone rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the entire nation of you! 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and put Me to the test now in this,” says the Lord of armies, “if I do not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows. 11 Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruit of your ground; nor will the vine in the field prove fruitless to you,” says the Lord of armies. (NASB) 3. When I give, it blesses others. 2 Cor. 9:6-8 6 Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. 7 You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.” 8 And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. (NLT)