A retired minister once remarked, “The last part of a person’s life that Christ seems to gain Lordship over is their checkbook.” Jesus taught that we can not love both God and money. John Wesley counseled disciples: make all you can, save all you can and give all that you can. A lack of generosity, Wesley believed, results in spiritual de-formation involving pride, greed and materialism which seriously undermines our love of neighbor and of God.
Are the people in your congregation being challenged to take off the materialism and consumerism of this world and learn to pour themselves out for others?
[+] Sermon- Extravagant Generosity (WORD)
[+] Sermon- Extravagant Generosity (WORD)
[+] Methodist Way - Extravagant Generosity (PPT) |
