19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
– Matthew 6:19-23 ESV
A Generous God
16 You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.
– Psalm 145:16 ESV
for God so loved the world that he gave
– John 3:16 ESV
32 “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
– Luke 12:32 ESV
11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
– Matthew 7:11 ESV
A Generous Eye
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
– Matthew 6:22-23 ESV
The Unhealthy Eye: Scarcity Mindset
The Healthy Eye: Abundance Mindset
A Generous Life
1 We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, 2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. 3 For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord.
– 2 Corinthians 8:1-3 ESV
35 “It’s more blessed to give than receive.”
– Acts 20:35 ESV
Do you know the way to uttermost?
Yes, go down through the door marked up
Then squeeze yourself through a gate named straight
Then drink bliss from a bitter cup
Walk forward into yesterday
Past there to the day before
Then fill your bag by pouring out
And empty it with more
25 The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.
– Proverbs 11:25 NLT
Determine an amount of money to set aside to give to give.