Long before generosity is a money issue, it’s a heart issue. It’s a character issue. Generosity is a spiritual issue. Am I pursuing Jesus, so that His character is being forged in me?
This teaching series we’re in is all about how the character of God—which includes generosity—impacts us in the real world with the way we spend our time, how we can be good neighbors (and have that really mean something), and how we raise our...
Who is your neighbor? What kind of neighbors are there? How can you be a good neighbor? The Bible says you must love your neighbor as yourself. Dave unpacks how this can be done.
The issue of generosity is not in the activity alone. Generosity is a matter of the heart and a character issue that flows from the character of Christ.
We have become so much of our consumerist culture that we carry this into the church—and we may not even be aware of it! We need to look at what we are called to be as a church and then put that into practice.
When you read "personal responsibility" what do you think of? How do we train/equip people to #adult by being personally responsible? What does Jesus say about this?
Physical growth comes naturally, but spiritual growth requires intentional effort. One mark of maturity is that we become more gracious—more like Christ. But it also says to grow in “knowledge.”
Just like becoming an adult is hard, so is becoming a spiritual adult. But it's very healthy! It's healthy to grow up and mature--physically, emotionally, and spiritually.