Oct 31
2016
Worry and Generosity
The practice of generosity can be used by God to liberate us from the weight of worry.
“So why are you now trying to out-god God, loading these new believers down with rules that crushed our ancestors and crushed us, too? … So what are we arguing about?” Acts 15:10-11 MSG
Keep Reading“God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith” (Acts 15:8, 9).
Keep Reading… we should not trouble those gentiles who are turning to God … (Acts 15:19).
Keep ReadingFor we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do (Ephesians 2:10).
Keep ReadingOct 31
2016
The practice of generosity can be used by God to liberate us from the weight of worry.
Oct 28
2016
God is God and we are not.
Oct 27
2016
The Lord pays attention to the margins of our lives and those who live on the margins of society.
Oct 26
2016
Preserving margin blesses both the people keeping the margin and their community.
Oct 25
2016
Margin ain't easy.
Oct 24
2016
Few things prove harder to maintain than healthy margin.
Oct 21
2016
If we are made in his image, it should not surprise us that when we are living a generous life, it brings us joy, too.
Oct 20
2016
God is so committed to being generous with us that he starts us out in paradise and secures for us eternal joy at the sacrifice of his Son.
Oct 19
2016
God not only makes a wonderful creation, he generously shares it with people that they might tend to it in a way that he would.
Oct 18
2016
You are uniquely and brilliantly designed by a generous God who has stamped you with his image.