You Just Think You Are_BULLETIN

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You Just Think You Are January 31, 2016

3- It’s the AMOUNT that COUNTS 4- Rich people are GENEROUS

Our vision is to change the world together by belonging and being used for God’s glory.

Definition of GENEROSITY:

Generosity is more than RANDOM acts of giving.

The PREMEDITATED, CALCULATED, DESIGNATED EMANCIPATION of personal financial assets _____________________________________________________

PROMISE: When you become generous, you will GIVE more, SAVE more, and CONSUME less. PROMISE: When you become generous, you will be HAPPIER. “The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose.” -C.S. Lewis Generosity is not NATURAL. CRAZY is natural.

PREMEDITATED: generous people have a PLAN CALCULATED: generous people know HOW MUCH they will give DESIGNATED: generous people have PRE-DECIDED where it will go EMANCIPATION: generous people have learned to set it FREE _____________________________________________________ When you FREE your money, you free YOURSELF from your money. Acts 20:35 (NIV) ‘…remembering the words the Lord Jesus said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”’

We don’t feel RICH, but we are. We feel GENEROUS, but we aren’t. GENEROSITY MYTHS: 1- Generosity is SPONTANEOUS 2- Generosity is determined by CASH FLOW

HAPPY is the person whose life is ORDERED AROUND giving rather than receiving.