Luke 1:46-55

Luke 1:26-38

Romans 5:21

1 Kings 18:38

Galatians 5

Job 1:13-22

Psalm 104

Psalm 66

Psalm 46

Psalm 100

Genesis 15:1-21

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

2 Corinthians 9:1-5

Proverbs 11:24-25

"In recent times this idea has been perverted by unscrupulous ministers to entice people to believe that the more they give the more they will get in return. They appeal to greed to encourage others to open their pocketbooks, and they give ultimately to get more for themselves. But this verse must be interpreted in terms of what follows. Paul does not pass this principle off as a shrewd investment strategy on how to reap greater material blessings by giving a portion of it to others. If one gives in hopes of attaining greater material prosperity, then one will harvest only spiritual poverty. Paul makes clear in what follows that God rewards generosity with material abundance to make it possible for people to be even more generous."

Garland, D. E. (1999). 2 Corinthians (Vol. 29, pp. 405–406). Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers.

“FOR ME THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM WE HAVE MAY BEST BE DESCRIBED AS AN ORIENTATION OF THE WILL: WE SUFFER FROM A SETTLED DETERMINATION TO AVOID THINKING. RELATIVELY FEW PEOPLE WANT TO THINK. THINKING TROUBLES US; THINKING TIRES US. THINKING CAN FORCE US OUT OF THE FAMILIAR, COMFORTING HABITS; THINKING CAN COMPLICATE OUR LIVES; THINKING CAN SET US AT ODDS, OR AT LEAST COMPLICATE OUR RELATIONSHIP, WITH THOSE WE ADMIRE OR LOVE OR FOLLOW. WHO NEEDS THINKING.”

-ALAN JACOBS

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Ezekiel 36:26

Luke 14:27-28

Matthew 6:24

"To give largely and liberally, not gruding at all, requires a new heart."

-Robert Murray M'Cheyne

James 1:9-16

1 Peter 4:12

Matthew 4:1-11

James 1:13-15

Matthew 4:1-4

Matthew 9: 6, 13

Jeremiah 2:2-3, 5, 11-13

Acts 4:29-37

I. Why do we exist?

a. To create a gospel precise community

II. What do we want to accomplish?

a. Supernatural heart change through prayer

b. One-hearted community

c. Excessive grace towards one another

d. Voluntary generosity

e. Lives/words that are a witness to people who don't know the gospel