A River not a Reservoir

Week #1: Things happen when we love and we can always love.

Week #2: When we serve, we respond to something we see.

Week #3: When we talk about our own resources, we are going to talk about not being a reservoir but rather a river.

Week #4: Generosity gives us gratitude.

2 Corinthians 9:6 Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

Luke 12:15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

Proverbs 3:9-10 Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine."

Luke 9:23-25 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?”

2 Corinthians 9:7 Each one must do just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

kardia - heart
~ the center and seat of spiritual life; the fountain from which your thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, and affections flow; the soul ~

“The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become.”
~ Dallas Willard ~

2 Corinthians 9:8-9 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written: “They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.”

2 Corinthians 9:10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.