Dynamics towards Abundant Living - PART 1

DYNAMICS TOWARDS ABUNDANT LIVING (John 10:10) PART 1

DYNAMIC #1
GOD’S WAY IS THE GIVING WAY

Understanding that God’s Way is not the way of man is our first priority we need to grasp (Isa 55:8)
Man seeks to get, God seeks to give! If we truly seek to be in the likeness of Christ we have to adopt the very same attribute of our Master…

WE MUST GIVE!

God so loved the world that He gave…! (John 3:16)
We must understand the LORD does not have a problem in us obtaining financial gain or material possessions BUT the way of getting them is by giving!
"Therefore do not worry, saying "what shall we eat" or "what shall we drink" or "what shall we wear" for after these things the gentiles seek. For your Heavenly Father knows that you need these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you… (Matt 6:31-33)"

We need to seek God’s kingdom, we need to seek His Way! (Be a giver) then only can we start receiving from God..!

• Paying people for work they do is not giving!
• Putting something in someone’s hand with certain conditions attached is not giving!
• Loaning something to someone is not giving!
• Giving is to completely lose total control of something of yours into the control of someone else to do with it as they please…!

TRUE WEALTH IS NOT MEASURED BY WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BUT BY WHAT THEY GIVE IN PROPORTION TO WHAT THEY HAVE…!

The poor widow gave all she had…she was far beyond the wealthiest of them all!

(Read Mark 12:41-44)

We all are capable of giving something…a smile, a prayer, a prophetic word, a meal, a glass of water! But what truly makes a godly giver is going beyond and above just as the poor widow!

We need to understand that the "Blessings of God" is directly connected to our "giving"

The legacy you leave behind will not be based on what you accumulate for yourself but rather on what you have given!

Jesus gave everything! He invested and imparted a lot in those who followed Him…today we still experience the ripple effect which was created through our MASTER by what he GAVE!

DYNAMIC #2

AN ATTITUDE (SPIRIT) OF GIVING

Giving is an attitude before it becomes an action. The Holy Spirit is a person with a generous and giving attitude!

To be giving and giving generously is to have a joyful spirit! Giving people are joyful people! When we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we are generous and giving… wherever the Holy Spirit is operating there will always be a form of giving…! WOW in Acts 2:1-4 the Holy Spirit is poured out…then something AMAZING takes place in Acts 4:32-35. Those who owned land, houses and property SOLD IT! And brought the finances and gave it away! They brought it to the disciples…! This is truly a spirit of giving! Generous giving! Where the Spirit of the Lord is… there will be giving! We need to give and generously…!

ABOVE ALL WE NEED TO GIVE WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE (SPIRIT)

When we say that we are giving with the right spirit… it means we are giving willingly and cheerfully!

(Exo 35:5) Moses extended an invitation: "whoever of a willing heart" to bring an offering to the Lord.

(2 Cor 9:7) Paul told believers to give "not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver"

Our giving need to be done in CHEERFUL CELEBRATION. It must become a form of PRAISE unto God!

• CHEER – to urge on, to shout with joy, to applaud, comfort, willing not reluctant
• CELEBRATION – to praise and uplift, to perform publicly, to honour

DYNAMIC #3

GENEROSITY: THE DOOR TO GREAT DESTINY

"A generous man devises generous things, and by generosity he shall stand…Isa 32:8"

Giving is one thing; generosity is another. We can be givers and still not be generous!

The opposite of generosity is stinginess. Stingy people measure out the smallest, lowest-quality thing they can find in order to gratify their conscience. This is a legalistic mind-set which we need to be freed from. It does not understand or comprehend the generous Spirit of God.

The kind hearted, merciful, non-condemning person easily goes the extra mile, and easily exceeds what is required. It is the generous person, the big-thinking person, who thinks and acts in terms of better quality, larger quantity, and above and beyond giving.

THE KEY TO GENEROSITY IS THE HOLY SPIRIT!

To be filled with the Spirit is to overflow with generosity in our attitudes, with our possessions, with our money and with ourselves!

EXAMPLES FROM SCRIPTURE DISPLAYING GENEROSITY

2 Sam 9:7-13 David showered with great generosity wealth and property on Methiboseth (the crippled son of Jonathan)

Gen 13:9 Abraham displayed extraordinary generosity when he gave his nephew Lot all the plains of Jordan – half of all the lands that had been promised to Abraham by God Himself!

Joh 2:6-10 Jesus displays great generosity when He turned plain water into 180 gallons of the finest wine and this at the end of the feast! At this time not much wine or the best wine was needed!

These examples where set for us to follow!

ENTHUSIASTIC WILLING-HEARTED GENEROSITY OPENS DOORS TO GREAT DESTINY!

"Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit! Psa 51:12"

Read Gen 24 – Rebekah displays generosity, she not only provides water for the servant but for all the servant’s camels... this was no easy task it is estimated that one camel can drink up to 25 gallons of water in one sitting! She was serving water to 10 camels! That could have been easily 250 gallons of water she alone was serving…running from the well to the drinking troughs…! BUT this sling-shot Rebekah to a place of divine destiny, this servant girl continued to become the wife of the "son of the promise" Isaac was the promise of God to Abraham it is through Isaac that Israel would spring forth and Rebekah became a part of this great plan… Isaac was certainly also a very wealthy man, so was his father Abraham. By displaying enthusiastic willing-hearted generosity she was answering a prayer, it catapulted Rebekah towards her purpose and destiny and thus fulfilling her calling to become the wife of Isaac! This was far beyond her wildest dreams!

Generosity opens doors that you may not even know God is offering you!

A PROPHETIC PICTURE!

The story of Rebekah carries even more potent meaning for us today! Abraham is a prophetic picture of the Father, Isaac of the Son, the servant (Eliezer) of the Holy Spirit, who has been sent out to the world to find and prepare a bride for JESUS CHRIST. Enthusiastic willing-hearted generosity is the first quality that God is looking for in the bride of Christ. The Holy Spirit comes with many different gifts from the Father for the bride, who opens the door to receiving those gifts through obediently serving the Holy Spirit in every way He prompts. Let’s commit to this attitude of generosity throughout our entire lives. Let’s be ready at any time to give, to serve, and to be generous to whomever we meet and in whatever situation we find ourselves. That is how the door to great destiny opens before us!

PRAYER

Heavenly Father I thank You, that Your way is not ours...! thank You that You gave...! and are still giving this very moment. I ask in the Name of Jesus Christ through and by the power of the Holy Spirit, help us to give and to give generously! I thank You for a door of destiny that opens for us as we open our hearts and hands to give...! I declare every need met according to Your Glorious riches, outpouring of abundance and overflow...I call every outstanding Harvest in and a release of Your provision beyond our wildest dreams, above what we can pray or imagine...!

Heavenly breakthrough's, Godly encounters and a Ever-increasing supply!

To Glory of Your All-powerful and Wonderful Name!

Amen!

"I challenge you today to sow a seed and reap a harvest...!"

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