There was a time one Sunday afternoon where I was walking back to church to get ready for our evening services and up ahead on The sidewalk I could tell that there was a man sitting there and he wasn't asking for anything He wasn't asking for help, but I felt led in the moment to offer him some help And so I gave him some money and as he took the money, he was very excited. He stood up He said yes, I can go get dinner now and immediately he turned around into the restaurant he was sitting outside of and he went bought some dinner and it sparked this thought for me around how Generosity mobilizes people to meet a need this man had a need he was hungry He needed dinner and through an act of generosity. He was then mobilized to go and meet that need and in Proverbs 1124 we read how the world of the generous gets larger while the world of the stingy Gets smaller and his followers of Jesus were meant to live lives of generosity and that could look different at different times That could be generosity through our finances as we give to people in need as we give to church ministry Organizations that could be generosity with our words, you know how we encourage others how we pray For others that could be generosity in our energy right as we go in and help people move houses or clean their garage Whatever the case may be. There's a lot of ways We can be generous and our worlds get larger not just because we might receive blessing and provision from God but our worlds get larger because we get to witness and Experience what it's like for someone else to be mobilized to go and meet a need you see It's just it's this ripple effect right like a ripple in the water gets bigger and bigger. It's the same with our lives we see the ripple effect of our generosity and I want to encourage you today to take a moment to actually pause and think about a time when someone was generous to you and What need in your life had been met and take a moment right now just to thank God to thank God for That moment to thank God that that need was met And now I want you to ask God say hey, how can I be generous today? How can I be generous this week and watch as your world gets larger as you see? The needs of others met and maybe you're listening to this today and you have a need and if that's the case Please send me a message Let me know what that need is what you were praying for I'd love to pray with you and stand with you in that and maybe you do step out in Generosity this week and you have a cool story to share. Please. Let me know that as well I'd love to hear how God is using you and working in your life So I pray that that encourages you and I pray that you have a blessed day in Jesus name
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