Problem: You can respond to difficulty by running from the

Big Idea: When there is difficulty as God trains you to live

Problem: Humans prove that we are not inherently generous.

Big Idea: Because God’s riches of grace have overflowed toward you, you should overflow with generosity toward his work.

1. Grace empowers generosity.

2. Christians exhibit a love for Christ through generosity.

3. God enables equity through generosity.

4. Christ embodied generosity.

In 2 Corinthians 7, Paul helps us understand God's purposes for conviction.

Many priests have stood, but only one has sat down because of his finished work!

You can feel that you don't have the power to obey the Lord. If you were under the Old Covenant, that would be true! However, since Jesus has established the New Covenant, he has begun a divine work in you that enables you to will and to do his good pleasure!

When we have to wait for God's promises to be fulfilled, we can doubt the promises and the one who gave them. But because the unchanging God gave the promises, you can patiently wait for him to fulfill them.

Spiritual immaturity is unbefitting of a Christian.

Because prolonged spiritual immaturity signifies unbelief, you must press on to a mature spiritual walk.