Generosity

Real Reward | Matthew 6:1-12 |
As we continue our series listening to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount we hear his call for sincere spirituality, righteousness for God’s reward. Outline Where is your reward? What is your treasure? (vv1, 19-21) Secret Generosity. Secret Fasting (vv2-4, 16-18) Secret and Simple Prayer (vv5-15) Is your ‘righteousness’ for real reward?

True Profit | Malachi 3:6-18 |
Have you ever missed out on a great business or investment opportunity? In this message from Malachi, we hear how God’s generosity in the gospel enables us to be generous. Outline A generous God (vv6-7, 17-18) who is robbed (vv8-11) and spoken against (vv13-15) Gospel generosity (2 Corinthians 8)

Gospel Partnership | Acts 11:19-30 |
Is following Jesus a solo-survival mission? As we continue our journey through Acts we see how the gospel of Jesus leads to partnerships between churches. Outline God’s Mission (vv19-21) Partnership (1): From Jerusalem (vv22-24) Partnership (2): With Saul (vv25-26) Partnership (3): To Jerusalem (vv27-30)

Wisdom and Wealth | Proverbs |
What’s the wise thing to do with your money? Should you save or spend? Invest to leave an inheritance? In this, the final sermon in our Proverbs series, we consider wisdom and wealth. Outline The Blessing of Wealth (Proverbs 3:9-18) The wisdom of financial caution (Proverbs 22:7, 26-27) The wisdom of generosity (Proverbs 22:9, 16, 22-23, 28)

A Model Church (Part 2) | Acts 4:32-5:11 |
Are you faking it? In this message, we see an encouraging example of generosity and a severe warning to those who fake godliness. Outline God’s true people (4:32-37) Pretend Piety (5:1-11) Due to disruptions caused by flooding, this message was pre-recorded. You can watch the video recording on YouTube

A Model Church? | Acts 2:42-47 |
What should be at the centre of a Christian community? In this message we go back to the original, earliest followers of Jesus, looking at their life together, and how it should shape us. Outline Devoted to… (v42) Awe (v43) Love (vv44-46) Gladness (v46) Gospel Growth (v47)

Blind and Seeing | Luke 18:35-19:10 |
How sure are you that you’re seeing what’s real? Do you need glasses?Or do you just need to pay attention? In this sermon, we see that Jesus came to seek and save the lost. He came to rescue us from blindness and to open our eyes to his generous mercy. Outline Are you seeing Jesus truly? A blind man sees (18:35-43) A short man sees (19:1-10) Jesus came to seek and save us!

Carry Your Cross | Luke 14 |
Who needs healing? (vv1-6) Generous humility (vv7-11) Generous invitation (vv12-24) Count the cost (vv25-35)

Generosity | 2 Corinthians 8-9 |
God’s Generosity Creation (Job 41:11b) Salvation (2 Corinthians 8:9) Being Generous How generous? Tithing? (Numbers 18; Deuteronomy 14) Or…? Who to be generous to? Galatians 6:10 Galatians 6:6; 1 Timothy 5:17-18 How to be generous?