Created to Pour: Invest in What Lasts

See, a generous heart allows you to see things differently, allows you to see life differently, allows you to see needs differently, Where some people look at it and what a waste. Jesus looks at your sacrifice. Jesus looks at your surrender. Jesus looks at your extravagant worship. Jesus looks at you every time you pour out instead of store in, and he says, that's beautiful. That's beautiful. Hope sirs, Hope City is here today because people chose to pour and not to store. [01:05:20] (42 seconds)  #HeartOfGenerosity

But the good news is, Hopsters, there's a different way to live. Not with a scarcity mindset, but with a faith mindset. Not based on fear, but based on trust. Trusting in a god who is a provider. In fact, a faith mindset says this, god is my provider. A faith mindset says, god is faithful. A faith mindset says, god owns it all anyways. A faith mindset says God gives seed to the sower. Then if you're gonna be faithful to sow and to pour out, God will continue to bring the seed that's needed for you to be a blessing to other people. [00:57:12] (36 seconds)  #FaithMindsetSow

But the problem is not that as human beings, we're not invested in something because like I said, everybody is invested somewhere or into something. The problem with most of us is we're invested in the wrong things. We're invested in things that really don't matter in this life. We're invested in things that are temporary. We're invested in things that over time you know, that new car right now that nobody can eat in, a few years from now, people are gonna be spilling in it, and you're it's not even gonna bother you anymore. That's how weird it is, and we're all guilty of that. [00:39:07] (35 seconds)  #ValueWhatLasts

That's what an investment does to us. Right? When we invest in something that we value, man, our heart follows it. But the problem is not that as human beings, we're not invested in something because like I said, everybody is invested somewhere or into something. The problem with most of us is we're invested in the wrong things. We're invested in things that really don't matter in this life. We're invested in things that are temporary. We're invested in things that over time you know, that new car right now that nobody can eat in, [00:38:58] (34 seconds)  #HeartFollowsInvestment

So we have been created in his image, and we've been created to pour, not to store. In fact, I love how the apostle Paul describes this idea of just giving and blessing others as being a follower of Jesus. This is in acts chapter 20. Paul says, in everything I did, I showed you that that by this kind of hard work. Right? It's it's a little bit harder to be a person who's giving. It's a little bit harder to be a person who's generous. It's a little bit harder to be someone who pours and not to stores. I think human nature, [00:41:51] (35 seconds)  #GiveLikePaul