November 19, 2023
Generosity is NEVER about what you get back – it’s about who it causes you to become. And that is priceless.
1 “And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And He saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins. 3 And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them; 4 for they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she had to live on.”
Luke 21:1-4 (NASB1995)
The Big Idea:
Giving to God is the practice that unlocks everything that a generous heart is capable of.
Giving All of Me
The "Poor Widow" in this passage…
I. She Teaches Me to Turn My Devotions Upside Down
2 “And He saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins.
3 And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them;
Luke 21:2-3 (NASB1995)
II. She Teaches Me to Reject Surplus Commitments
“for they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she had to live on.”
Luke 21: 4 (NASB1995)
III. She Teaches Me to Offer Everything I Am to God
“And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them; “
Luke 21:3 (NASB1995)
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