Generosity begins with a generous God. “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son…” God is the most generous of givers and as followers of Jesus, we are to become like the God we serve. And in the joy and act of giving, we are most like God when we give and serve like God. People who have experienced the transformation of Jesus through the Holy Spirit choose to live a life of overflow, freely giving their time, talent, touch, and treasure. But it’s something we have to learn…something we have to live…something we have to commit to.
In our Generosity series during the month of March, we are going to see what the Bible has to say about generosity. We’ll discover biblical pictures of what it looks like to be people who choose a life of overflow with our time, our talents, our treasure, and our touch. It’s about transformation, not transaction. And through this series, we’ll learn the heart of sacrifice…giving up something we love for something we love even more.
Generosity is such an important topic and principle for our lives, our church, and our mission to the world that we’ve developed an in-depth study guide for this series. We have also developed Children’s Ministry and Student Ministry curriculum, which will mirror the weekly messages in the worship services.
In the study guide, you’ll find an overview and review of Sunday’s message. You’ll also be given questions to discuss in your small group community. During our Sunday services we’ll celebrate stories of generosity, discovering what it looks like in the real world to live out each week’s generosity value. You’ll also find prayer points to pray through so that you might begin and continue to live generously. Lastly, there are also some ideas for families to discuss with children so that we can teach and model generosity for a lifetime.
As you live and experience generosity and choose to live a life of overflow, I'd love to hear your stories. You can send them to generosity@nsb.org.
Sermons
- Upside Down
- Stories from the Road
- Mission Weekend
- Confident Parenting Breakfast
- Desperate Days: The Book of Job
- True Prosperity
- Christmas at the Movies
- Contending: The letter of Jude
- This Is War: The Reality of Spiritual Warfare
- Vertical: Aligning our Hearts with God’s
- Proverbia—Where Life & Wisdom Intersect
- Urban Legends: Debunking Christian Myths
- The Gospel of Mark: Servant-hearted & Kingdom-minded
- Generosity: Choosing a Life of Overflow
- Captured by a Compelling Vision
- The Gospel of Mark: Servant-hearted & Kingdom-minded
- New Creation
- Christmas Behind The Seen
- The Gospel of Mark: Servant-hearted & Kingdom-minded
- Ecclesiastes - The Meaning of Life
- Three to Thrive: Faith, Hope, Love
- Declaration of Dependence
- Hebrews-The Supremacy of Christ
- You Asked For It
- Divine Rescue
- A Classic Christmas
- Living in the Grip of the Gospel
- After God's Own Heart
- The Story of God
