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Message Notes:
31 Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. 32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 33 I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. 34 You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities and to those who were with me. 35 In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ — Acts 20v31-35 (ESV)
Quick thoughts from a generous life:
The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller. — Proverbs 11:24 MSG
It Can Get Problematic:
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? — Matthew 16v26 (ESV)
What goes into a christian life?
1) Generous with our time
17 Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. 18 And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, – Acts 20v17-18 (ESV)
Time is what we want most but what we use worst – William Penn
So teach us to number our days so that we may get a heart of wisdom. – Psalm 90v12 (ESV)
2) Healthy with our emotions
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. – James 1v5-8 (ESV)\
It’s impossible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature – Pete Scazzero
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3) Content with our situation
I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel – Acts 20v33 (ESV)
11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength. – Philippians 4v11-13 (NIV)
4) Open and available to help
In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive. – Acts 20v35 (ESV)
