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Welcome back to the podcast! This week, we're continuing our series on generosity. Are you willing to get your hands dirty? Figure out what that meamns in this episode!

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Big Idea: Generosity isn’t just something you give. It’s something you live. When we serve others, we reflect the heart of Jesus.

• Opening Question:
• Who’s the most generous person you’ve ever met—not with money, but with their presence, their time, their service?
• Examples:
• Ken - oversees benevolence, goes over the top
• Mike and Emma - in their 80’s, pulling weeds at the church
• Clean team members - washing toilets for Jesus
• Some leadership philosophies say, ‘Don’t get your hands dirty—delegate the dirty work.’
• From The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli: Power and control define leadership. Servanthood is seen as weakness.
• So some have concluded that servants should stay at the lower levels
• And executives should rise to the top and STOP serving
• It doesn’t help the organization for them to get their hands dirty
• But Jesus didn’t climb some ladder and retreat from people. He stepped down from heaven. He picked up a towel. He washed feet. He gave his life.
• That’s generosity that gets its hands dirty. And that’s the kind of generosity Jesus calls us to.

Series Recap:

Generosity is giving to others through a selfless act without expecting anything in return. 

• Week 1: The Generosity of God
• He gives love, provision, guidance—overflowing.
• Our generosity starts as a response to His generosity.
• Week 2: Generous in Giving
• Financial generosity matters—it reflects the heart.
• But it’s not the whole picture.
• If we think generosity only happens when we write a check, we miss the life Jesus is calling us to.

Today’s focus: Generosity that takes action. That sees needs and serves. This is about serving others with the heart of Jesus.

Jesus Modeled Generous Servanthood

Matthew 20:25-28  25 But Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. 26 But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave. 28 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

• The disciples were arguing about status. Jesus reframed it.

“Whoever wants to be great must be a servant.”

• Jesus didn’t just talk about service—he...