"Greatest Commandments: * Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. * Love your neighbor as yourself."
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. - Matthew 6:19
Here's why it's so important for Christians to be generous:
Selfishness in Christians is akin to a kid not sharing a French fry when his dad owns the whole McDonald's.
Deny self. Take up my cross. Follow Christ.
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. - Ezekiel 36:26
None of us are above serving others
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. - Matthew 6:21
The best gifts are given
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. - Philippians 2:3
True living is fully surrendering
The only selfishness Christians should show is wanting to be the first one to pray for someone.
Center Your Life On God
Don’t just make room for God today. Center your life on Him and let Him make room for everything else.
"Living in the light of eternity changes your priorities." - Rick Warren
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. - 1 Corinthians 13:5
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth." - Matthew 6:19
"The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace." - Romans 8:6
Give me more of Jesus
"The temptation of the age is to look good without being good." - Brennan Manning
How to become more generous.
Righteous motives
"One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty." - Proverbs 11:24
Your legacy is not in the things you own, but in the people you introduce to Jesus.
"The brother is a burden to the Christian, precisely because he is a Christian. For the pagan the other person never becomes a burden at all. He simply sidesteps every burden that others may impose upon him. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Christians aren’t called to take up our rights. We’re called to take up our cross.
Selfishness says, "I don't have enough." Gratitude says, "I have more than enough."
How do you think people can get selfishness out of their hearts?
Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions. - Luke 12:15
Living a life of selflessness is... 1. Placing God first in our lives. - John 3:30 2. Loving others as ourselves. - Mark 12:31 3. Forgiving those who have wronged us. - Colossians 3:13 4. Serving others. - Philippians 2:3-4
