If what is yours can be taken away, if you cannot control where it ultimately goes and if you are managing it temporarily for only your own benefit, you don’t own it and you will lose it. Just because it comes to me doesn’t mean it’s for me. Generous people do not assume it’s theirs to consume. Don’t let worry consume you and your bank account. Total loss for those who consume only for themselves. I love the way Andy shares Luke 12:20-21. Greed: Most financial angst is the result of wanting what we can’t get, not needing what we don’t have.Ĩ. Happiness is an outcome of a lifestyle of generosity.ħ. If you live a generous life… not have moments of giving but if you order your life around generosity, you will be happy. Generous people do not need to be sold.Ĥ. Giving and being generous are two different things. “For the rest of your life people are going to try to inspire you to give, motivate you to give, guilt you to give, but this may be your one opportunity for somebody to teach you how – not to give – how to be generous.” – Andy StanleyĢ. This message is about breaking free from the crazy cycle of Worry (About Future Consumption) -> Spend (More Than) What We Make -> Consumer Debt -> No Margin (For Future Consumption) -> Back to Worry Watch the Full Message Here ( Note: It’s Three Parts) One message really struck a chord so I want to just give a few bullet points of what stood out to me in this lesson on generosity that I really hope you watch for full context, no matter your faith. But it wasn’t until recently that I really started to regularly watch the messages. ( Note: If you’re in the Atlanta, Georgia area, there are various locations if you want to visit in person). Since then, on occasion, I’d watch a message from Andy on the North Point Church website. In the winter of 2011, Joyce Meyer was giving away a copy of Andy Stanley‘s book, Enemies of the Heart ( Goodreads) along with one of her books and I’m usually picky about reading spiritual books from people that I’ve never heard of but I took the plunge on this deal and am so, so happy that I did. It’s been years since I first read that book and my heart still stirs every time I think about it.
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