What Does Generosity Look Like? - Word Document [Download]

When does giving become religious?

Overview


Money has power. We have all felt it feed our greed or suck like a leech at our souls. In our consumer-oriented society it has to be disarmed, or it will consume us with credit-card debt and gambling addictions.


How we deal with money, according to Tim Stafford in his article on the Anatomy of a Giver, shows something about a person s soul. Each generation must face its response to Jesus challenge in the Sermon on the Mount: You cannot serve both God and money. This study will examine how we can break the power money has over us by becoming generous.

Table of Contents


SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:19 24; Luke 12:13 21; 2 Corinthians 8:1 15; 9:6 15; James 4:1 3


LEADER'S GUIDE


    Identify the Current Issue


    Discover the Eternal Principles

--Teaching point one: Desire is part of the human condition.

--Teaching point two: Dealing with our money and possessions affects our souls.

--Teaching point three: We must actively pursue a course of charitable giving in order to defuse the power of wealth.

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