Embracing Generosity: A Reflection of Faith and Abundance
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"Recently, I hung out with my seven-year-old daughter. I took her on a date, and I said, babe, anywhere you wanna go in the city of Las Vegas, you name it, we're gonna go eat there. Whatever you want, girl, you can have it. But I already knew what she was gonna say. She said, dad, I wanna go to In-N-Out, and I wanna eat inside. By the way, shout out to every location that has In-N-Out, you're the most anointed locations, amen." [00:00:00] (25 seconds)
"And so she goes, I wanna go to In-N-Out, and I wanna eat inside, because it's gotta be inside, because if you know anything about In-N-Out, you gotta eat inside, because it's better than taking it home. And so I said, all right, let's go. So she orders a cheeseburger and a fry and a lemonade, and I know that I've gotta preach at Life.Church, and I'm on my Craig Rochelle diet, amen, praise the Lord. Haven't eaten a carb in two months. Really, really working hard. And so I get the burger animal style. It hits our animal style and protein style. Protein style means there's no bun, it's just the lettuce. It hits the table, and my daughter goes, what is that, cabbage? You know, she just completely grossed out. I said, this is called lettuce. You've never seen me eat it. But this is a new experience for both of us." [00:00:26] (47 seconds)
"So I'm eating my protein style, but something in me just says, you know what, I can have one french fry. I can have one fry. Just give me one fry. So as she's eating her burger, I reach over and I grab one fry, and as I grab that fry, she just stops chewing and looks, I mean, she's only seven years old, looks at me with complete disgust. And she goes, if you wanted fries, you should have got fries. Those are my fries. Those are my fries. Those are my fries. Thank you very much. I thought, who raised you? And I had to have a little conversation with my daughter." [00:01:13] (36 seconds)
"And I looked right back at her and I said, actually, those are my fries. And the burger in your hand is my burger. And the car we drove in is my car. And we're going to go home to my house. And I'm just going to let you borrow it. I'm just going to let you use it. You know, I think sometimes when we talk about generosity and God is asking of us, I think we can kind of look at him like, God, you're up in heaven. You got fries. You got fry money. You got streets of gold. These are my fries, Lord." [00:01:49] (36 seconds)
"But here's what I've learned, that any time God is ever asking anything of me, he's trying to teach me something about his abundance, about his character, about his love. Because, see, God doesn't need our fries. And, yes, I could have just bought another order of fry, but I was teaching her something. And every time we get around generosity, God is teaching us something about his greatness and his abundance. God is going to show us how great he is and how much he has." [00:02:37] (37 seconds)
"Proverbs chapter 11, verse 24 says it like this, that the world... the generous everybody say that's me come on say that's me it's getting larger and larger the world of the stingy that's that's no one in life church let me just say that right now it's none of us it's getting smaller and smaller when when we talk about larger and larger we're not talking about bigger houses and bigger cars and bigger tires and bigger boats and bigger TVs even though if you have a nice house you know let me come hang out if you got a boat let me borrow it when I'm in your town that's not what it's about when we're talking about larger we're talking about greater faith talk about greater impact we're talking about a bigger spirit bigger impact a bigger heart bigger prayers see I don't want to raise my daughter in a small house I'm not talking about square footage I'm talking about I don't want to live stingy I don't want to live in the in the not enough I want to I want to live a life that's big I want to live a big life I want to live the good life and the good life is a generous life I refuse to live small when I serve a big God and generosity is the key and Frank said it like this no one has ever become poor by giving generosity will change your life I come from a small town I was born and raised in a trailer in a trailer park in Belen New Mexico shout out to the New Mexico location and some of you heard I was born in a hospital no I was born in a trailer in a trailer park you know your parents are hood when they're like you know what this" [00:03:13] (103 seconds)
"hasn't given enough away there's there's actually an enjoyment in finances when you begin to give you you learn what the scripture says that it is more blessed to give than to receive there is this thing about it where money's no longer in my heart ruling and reigning but it's now in my hands it's a tool that can be used for good and for god so paul says you can't enjoy money but only when you become generous you know i remember when my wife was about to have our daughter remember a friend of mine told me he had two daughters and he said there is a whole compartment in your heart you don't even know is there like the love that you're gonna have for this kid it's like nothing you've ever experienced and it was really true the the moment i held her there was a there was a whole new thing that got unlocked in my spirit in my heart i i there was a new capacity to love that i never had before let me tell you something that's what happens when you give there's a whole part of you that can love god at a radically different level because jesus said that your heart is a follower and it's gonna follow your treasure if i asked this room if i asked every location who wants to love god more everyone's gonna lift their hand but there's actually a way to love god more and it's by giving so i do not pray my way out of greed i give my way out of greed god more and it's by giving so i do not pray my way out of greed god more and it's by giving so i do not pray my way out of greed We'll be right back." [00:06:34] (99 seconds)
"God showed himself to be a provider. And Abraham walks off the mountain in Genesis and says this. He is Jehovah Jireh, my provider. You cannot give and not have a testimony of the provision of God. Does anybody know him as Jireh? This is the God that you serve. When you give, God doesn't take. When you give, God provides. Why generosity number two? Because generosity connects me to kingdom purpose." [00:09:50] (33 seconds)
"Now, I can't go all the way through Philippians again. But Paul says a few things that are powerful. Firstly, he says, you shared in my ministry. You are a part. You get in your heavenly account accredited for my ministry. Every time someone gets saved at Life.Church. Every time a child gets born again in the classrooms. Every time someone gives their life to Christ online. Every time someone reads the Bible app and gives their life to Jesus. Paul says, I don't get that. That's not my reward. Paul said, you shared in this. This is accredited to your account." [00:10:23] (43 seconds)
"It connects my money to kingdom purpose. You're in Oklahoma City, but your gifts have gone to New Mexico. You're in New York, but your gifts have made impact on the online family. You're in Colorado, but you're helping millions of people through YouVersion. Do you see it? We're in a room right here in Oklahoma City. But the gospel is going out to the world. It goes beyond me. My money goes where I'll never go. Whether we're digging wells in Africa, whether we're reaching people in the 1040 window, whether we're going into prisons all over America." [00:11:26] (37 seconds)
"you're as much in the ministry as I am no you may never get on this stage but I promise you you are doing the work of the kingdom of God why generosity thirdly because generosity changes how I see my life Galatians chapter 6 says it like this don't be deceived God cannot be mocked a man reaps what he sows whatever he sows to please their flesh from the flesh will reap destruction Paul said if you want to live for yourself you don't you you are your own harvest it is what it is but if you'll sow to please the Spirit if you'll connect and Galatians 6 is absolutely a financial offering verse he's receiving an offering from the church in Galatia and he says but if you'll connect your money to the Spirit if you'll if you'll sow to please the Spirit from the Spirit you'll reap eternal life so let us not become weary and well -doing for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up let me just tell you something this scripture does not scare me it excites me because it reveals a God who I am partnering with to see his will accomplished on the earth that this is not a scripture about karma this is not the universe out to get me this is a scripture about a God who is out to bless me that I can connect my finances to kingdom purpose and I it changes the way I see life here's why because now I live as a sower" [00:13:05] (96 seconds)
"Jesus said this in Matthew chapter 10 verse 42 whoever gives one of these little ones a cup of cold water in my name in the name of a disciple assuredly I say to you he shall by no means lose his reward see the next generation cannot reward you for your generosity God rewards you for your generosity to the next generation as we were leaving 2022 and we were entering into 2023 our church is just a couple of years old and our our three top givers in our church all left uh two of them moved and one moved on to another church and you know when you're when you're a couple of years old and your three top givers leave you know it" [00:23:37] (51 seconds)
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"And so she goes, I wanna go to In-N-Out, and I wanna eat inside, because it's gotta be inside, because if you know anything about In-N-Out, you gotta eat inside, because it's better than taking it home. And so I said, all right, let's go. So she orders a cheeseburger and a fry and a lemonade, and I know that I've gotta preach at Life.Church, and I'm on my Craig Rochelle diet, amen, praise the Lord. Haven't eaten a carb in two months. Really, really working hard. And so I get the burger animal style. It hits our animal style and protein style. Protein style means there's no bun, it's just the lettuce. It hits the table, and my daughter goes, what is that, cabbage? You know, she just completely grossed out. I said, this is called lettuce. You've never seen me eat it. But this is a new experience for both of us." [00:00:26] (47 seconds)
"So I'm eating my protein style, but something in me just says, you know what, I can have one french fry. I can have one fry. Just give me one fry. So as she's eating her burger, I reach over and I grab one fry, and as I grab that fry, she just stops chewing and looks, I mean, she's only seven years old, looks at me with complete disgust. And she goes, if you wanted fries, you should have got fries. Those are my fries. Those are my fries. Those are my fries. Thank you very much. I thought, who raised you? And I had to have a little conversation with my daughter." [00:01:13] (36 seconds)
"And I looked right back at her and I said, actually, those are my fries. And the burger in your hand is my burger. And the car we drove in is my car. And we're going to go home to my house. And I'm just going to let you borrow it. I'm just going to let you use it. You know, I think sometimes when we talk about generosity and God is asking of us, I think we can kind of look at him like, God, you're up in heaven. You got fries. You got fry money. You got streets of gold. These are my fries, Lord." [00:01:49] (36 seconds)
"But here's what I've learned, that any time God is ever asking anything of me, he's trying to teach me something about his abundance, about his character, about his love. Because, see, God doesn't need our fries. And, yes, I could have just bought another order of fry, but I was teaching her something. And every time we get around generosity, God is teaching us something about his greatness and his abundance. God is going to show us how great he is and how much he has." [00:02:37] (37 seconds)
"Proverbs chapter 11, verse 24 says it like this, that the world... the generous everybody say that's me come on say that's me it's getting larger and larger the world of the stingy that's that's no one in life church let me just say that right now it's none of us it's getting smaller and smaller when when we talk about larger and larger we're not talking about bigger houses and bigger cars and bigger tires and bigger boats and bigger TVs even though if you have a nice house you know let me come hang out if you got a boat let me borrow it when I'm in your town that's not what it's about when we're talking about larger we're talking about greater faith talk about greater impact we're talking about a bigger spirit bigger impact a bigger heart bigger prayers see I don't want to raise my daughter in a small house I'm not talking about square footage I'm talking about I don't want to live stingy I don't want to live in the in the not enough I want to I want to live a life that's big I want to live a big life I want to live the good life and the good life is a generous life I refuse to live small when I serve a big God and generosity is the key and Frank said it like this no one has ever become poor by giving generosity will change your life I come from a small town I was born and raised in a trailer in a trailer park in Belen New Mexico shout out to the New Mexico location and some of you heard I was born in a hospital no I was born in a trailer in a trailer park you know your parents are hood when they're like you know what this" [00:03:13] (103 seconds)
"hasn't given enough away there's there's actually an enjoyment in finances when you begin to give you you learn what the scripture says that it is more blessed to give than to receive there is this thing about it where money's no longer in my heart ruling and reigning but it's now in my hands it's a tool that can be used for good and for god so paul says you can't enjoy money but only when you become generous you know i remember when my wife was about to have our daughter remember a friend of mine told me he had two daughters and he said there is a whole compartment in your heart you don't even know is there like the love that you're gonna have for this kid it's like nothing you've ever experienced and it was really true the the moment i held her there was a there was a whole new thing that got unlocked in my spirit in my heart i i there was a new capacity to love that i never had before let me tell you something that's what happens when you give there's a whole part of you that can love god at a radically different level because jesus said that your heart is a follower and it's gonna follow your treasure if i asked this room if i asked every location who wants to love god more everyone's gonna lift their hand but there's actually a way to love god more and it's by giving so i do not pray my way out of greed i give my way out of greed god more and it's by giving so i do not pray my way out of greed god more and it's by giving so i do not pray my way out of greed We'll be right back." [00:06:34] (99 seconds)
"God showed himself to be a provider. And Abraham walks off the mountain in Genesis and says this. He is Jehovah Jireh, my provider. You cannot give and not have a testimony of the provision of God. Does anybody know him as Jireh? This is the God that you serve. When you give, God doesn't take. When you give, God provides. Why generosity number two? Because generosity connects me to kingdom purpose." [00:09:50] (33 seconds)
"Now, I can't go all the way through Philippians again. But Paul says a few things that are powerful. Firstly, he says, you shared in my ministry. You are a part. You get in your heavenly account accredited for my ministry. Every time someone gets saved at Life.Church. Every time a child gets born again in the classrooms. Every time someone gives their life to Christ online. Every time someone reads the Bible app and gives their life to Jesus. Paul says, I don't get that. That's not my reward. Paul said, you shared in this. This is accredited to your account." [00:10:23] (43 seconds)
"It connects my money to kingdom purpose. You're in Oklahoma City, but your gifts have gone to New Mexico. You're in New York, but your gifts have made impact on the online family. You're in Colorado, but you're helping millions of people through YouVersion. Do you see it? We're in a room right here in Oklahoma City. But the gospel is going out to the world. It goes beyond me. My money goes where I'll never go. Whether we're digging wells in Africa, whether we're reaching people in the 1040 window, whether we're going into prisons all over America." [00:11:26] (37 seconds)
"you're as much in the ministry as I am no you may never get on this stage but I promise you you are doing the work of the kingdom of God why generosity thirdly because generosity changes how I see my life Galatians chapter 6 says it like this don't be deceived God cannot be mocked a man reaps what he sows whatever he sows to please their flesh from the flesh will reap destruction Paul said if you want to live for yourself you don't you you are your own harvest it is what it is but if you'll sow to please the Spirit if you'll connect and Galatians 6 is absolutely a financial offering verse he's receiving an offering from the church in Galatia and he says but if you'll connect your money to the Spirit if you'll if you'll sow to please the Spirit from the Spirit you'll reap eternal life so let us not become weary and well -doing for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up let me just tell you something this scripture does not scare me it excites me because it reveals a God who I am partnering with to see his will accomplished on the earth that this is not a scripture about karma this is not the universe out to get me this is a scripture about a God who is out to bless me that I can connect my finances to kingdom purpose and I it changes the way I see life here's why because now I live as a sower" [00:13:05] (96 seconds)
"Jesus said this in Matthew chapter 10 verse 42 whoever gives one of these little ones a cup of cold water in my name in the name of a disciple assuredly I say to you he shall by no means lose his reward see the next generation cannot reward you for your generosity God rewards you for your generosity to the next generation as we were leaving 2022 and we were entering into 2023 our church is just a couple of years old and our our three top givers in our church all left uh two of them moved and one moved on to another church and you know when you're when you're a couple of years old and your three top givers leave you know it" [00:23:37] (51 seconds)
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