Posted by: Staci Devries Title: Which Faith Practice Do You Want to Explore? Comment and WIN Link: http://network.crcna.org/faith-practices/which-faith-practice-do-you-want-explore-comment-and-win
| New comment: | Author: Fredrick samoita | Title: I'd like to explore more God is not like a human, who might be generous one day and another not.
We don’t often hear about generosity when we study the attributes of God. But we do hear about his loving kindness and his goodness. His generosity is just the overflow of this love and goodness, motivating him to give.
Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies …. People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.
– Psalm 36:5-8
Not only are we aware that God has been and is generous, but we also know that we can count on him to continue to be this way. God’s name is faithful (Deuteronomy 7:9), and his promises are always kept.
His faithfulness is not dependent on anything we do or fail to do (2 Timothy 2:13). And it is the reason we can trust his promises are true, that his intentions toward us are perfect, that Jesus will return for us. If God hadn’t already proven himself faithful, it would be very difficult to wait when the most joyful of his generous gifts – the return of Christ as King forever – is still yet to come.
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
–2 Peter 3:9
God’s goodness, loving kindness, and faithfulness work together not only to overflow with good gifts for us, but also to give us hope that the remaining gifts he’s promised really will be ours.
I'd like to explore more deeply the practice of generosity. I would love to be able to truly have a welcoming presence (both as a host and as a guest somewhere else) -- to trust that Jesus is that welcoming presence THROUGH me, and to be able to rest in that truth and relax into His love for me and the people I would host.
Embracing a lifestyle of true generosity is difficult. We all tend to live pretty close-fisted. We are suspicious of anyone who encourages us to give away what’s ours. We don’t doubt that Christians should practice generosity, but what we really want to know is how generous?
It’s an area where we want to live under the Law—we want someone to simply spell it out for us. How much do we have to give to keep God happy? It’s so much easier to be given an expectation than to be told, “give as much you can.”
Posted in: Which Faith Practice Do You Want to Explore? Comment and WIN
Posted by: Staci Devries
Title: Which Faith Practice Do You Want to Explore? Comment and WIN
Link: http://network.crcna.org/faith-practices/which-faith-practice-do-you-want-explore-comment-and-win
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| Author: Fredrick samoita
| Title: I'd like to explore more
God is not like a human, who might be generous one day and another not.
We don’t often hear about generosity when we study the attributes of God. But we do hear about his loving kindness and his goodness. His generosity is just the overflow of this love and goodness, motivating him to give.
Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies …. People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.
– Psalm 36:5-8
Not only are we aware that God has been and is generous, but we also know that we can count on him to continue to be this way. God’s name is faithful (Deuteronomy 7:9), and his promises are always kept.
His faithfulness is not dependent on anything we do or fail to do (2 Timothy 2:13). And it is the reason we can trust his promises are true, that his intentions toward us are perfect, that Jesus will return for us. If God hadn’t already proven himself faithful, it would be very difficult to wait when the most joyful of his generous gifts – the return of Christ as King forever – is still yet to come.
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
–2 Peter 3:9
God’s goodness, loving kindness, and faithfulness work together not only to overflow with good gifts for us, but also to give us hope that the remaining gifts he’s promised really will be ours.
I'd like to explore more deeply the practice of generosity. I would love to be able to truly have a welcoming presence (both as a host and as a guest somewhere else) -- to trust that Jesus is that welcoming presence THROUGH me, and to be able to rest in that truth and relax into His love for me and the people I would host.
Actually, that's it for me -- generosity.
thanks!
Posted in: Which Faith Practice Do You Want to Explore? Comment and WIN
Embracing a lifestyle of true generosity is difficult. We all tend to live pretty close-fisted. We are suspicious of anyone who encourages us to give away what’s ours. We don’t doubt that Christians should practice generosity, but what we really want to know is how generous?
It’s an area where we want to live under the Law—we want someone to simply spell it out for us. How much do we have to give to keep God happy? It’s so much easier to be given an expectation than to be told, “give as much you can.”
Fredrick samoita