You Cannot Outgive God: The Heart of Generosity

Because that fear of finances and the idolatry of money is a bondage point that keeps you trapped from entering into a very large aspect of God's calling on your life. Absolutely. Absolutely. We're generous as a church because it's an honor. It's an honor to show up for work, to show up for that purpose and know that this isn't just for me, it's for the kingdom of God. So that what I do at my work, what I do financially leaves a legacy. And not a personal legacy, a kingdom legacy. A kingdom legacy. [01:20:43] (57 seconds)  #KingdomLegacy

You know that how many of you know the scripture? Some of you may not. It says, my God shall supply all your needs according to his riches and glory in Christ Jesus. How many of you know that scripture? Have heard that scripture before? Good chunk of hand. Many of us, you you'll write it on your wall or on a mirror, and you'll speak it, you'll quote it every single day. But do you know the foundation of that scripture, what happened before and after? Paul actually said to the Philippian church, the only reason they had access to that is because they abundantly and generously sowed into the ministry to make sure Paul had everything he had needed to do what he God was calling him to do. [01:13:07] (33 seconds)  #GodProvides

Because dollars given to the kingdom of darkness have a wicked impact. Yes. They do. It's absolutely true. But dollars given to the kingdom of god have a way more powerful righteousness impact and potential. Because his grace is greater than the devil's condemnation of wickedness. His grace is always greater. So when I wake up and I show up knowing that it's for his purpose to be generous, it's for his purpose to multiply his kingdom in this space, guess what? Something amazing is going to happen in your life. [01:17:15] (43 seconds)  #GenerosityMultiplies

This is not just fun. This is spiritual. This is as much spiritual as anything because God said also in his word, you cannot serve two masters. You leave or serve one or the other. You cannot serve God and mammon or in other translations, money. But what's interesting is when it it says mammon, the word mammon is also connected to a demonic deity in Jesus' day and age. To demand the soul of people through their cash. You cannot serve God in money. First or last, which one? [01:10:19] (30 seconds)  #CannotServeMoney

And for us, as I look at our church and our heart, one of the things that I want us to grab onto with both hands is this belief, a foundational belief that we cannot out give God. I want that to grab our heart and our very soul that God is more generous than we are, and he has a bigger shovel that as we step into the the ministry, the vision, and mission, and we're generous to his mission that God is going to be more generous than we could ever be. We operate in generosity not because we're forced religiously, but because we believe in the mission of Jesus, the mission of the landing church, and we believe deeply that we cannot out give God. [00:56:03] (47 seconds)  #CannotOutGiveGod

And Jesus said, in the kingdom of God, she gave more. And I said, why? Because she gave everything she had. She sowed generously. The Pharisee didn't. And there was a harvest of righteousness waiting to be raped by her. See, God doesn't want us to enter into a place where we don't have enough. He wants to overflow, and actually, as we find in verse eight, overflow with grace through the generosity. And there there's a grace available through the path of generosity that is not available otherwise. [01:07:44] (35 seconds)  #AllInGenerosity

And yet, the people of God in Canada are the largest group of people. Do you know that? There are more Christians in Canada than any other group. Any other group. If we all banded together for God's purpose and God's mission, I I really believe, like, if I and not just time wise, not just prayer wise, not just heart wise, but also financially because it's just as spiritual. I really think there's nothing we couldn't do. There's nothing we couldn't do. And by the way, just so we all know, our city would notice. Vernon would notice. [01:19:48] (49 seconds)  #CanadaChurchUnited

You see, the thing about the thing about generosity, the thing about finances is often finances. It's not even the a message on it. It's not a a message on, like, budgeting. It's not a message on even money. It's actually a message on idolatry. It's a message on idolatry. How much do you idolize your money? And it's a message on fear. How much do you fear poverty? It'd be interesting practice I think if someone was to sit down, maybe you do this already, but if you were to sit down and look at your every place that the finances go, every single place, it'd be really interesting as a spiritual practice to break down and do a comparison. [01:11:03] (54 seconds)  #MoneyIdolatry