One Another: BLESS
Pastor Reggie Hill
Scripture
Luke 6:38 CEV
If you give to others, you will be given a full amount in return. It will be packed down, shaken together, and spilling over into your lap. The way you treat others is the way you will be treated.
Luke 6:38 TPT
Give generously and generous gifts will be given back to you, shaken down to make room for more. Abundant gifts will pour out upon you with such an overflowing measure that it will run over the top! The measurement of your generosity becomes the measurement of your return.”
2 Corinthians 9:6-11 NIV
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 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.” 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. You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
Big Idea
We believe a blessed life is a generous life. As followers of Christ, one of the distinctives of Christianity is charity, the most recognized verse in all of the Bible, John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that He GAVE. When you become a disciple of Jesus, generosity should be a byproduct of your intimacy with Christ. The Church needs to have a generosity that grabs the attention of the World. We must give generously, cheerfully, and faithfully.
Questions
“You will never live a blessed life if you are the center of it.”
Who is in the center of your life?
“God doesn’t want your money; He wants your heart.”
What does it look like when we give from our hearts?
“The measurement of your generosity becomes the measurement of your return.” Luke 6:38.
What have you received from giving?
2 Cor 9:7, “God loves a cheerful giver.”
When cheerfulness is hard, how can you change your attitude?
2 Cor 9:8, “God is able to bless you abundantly.”
Do you believe that God is able and willing to bless you?
2 Cor 9:11, “You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion.”
How has God enriched you?
2 Cor 9:11, At the end of the day, our generosity is supposed to result in Thanksgiving to God.
How do you highlight God in your giving?
What blessings can you pay forward?
Call To Action
Go and be a blessing to someone else this Christmas Season.
Buy someone’s coffee behind you.
Pay for someone’s groceries.
Whatever you do, find a way to bless someone this Christmas Season.
