The Mindset of Generosity

The Mindset of Generosity

• If it’s not enough to , 

         then it .

• Many of us don’t have a problem, 

        we have a problem.

Scarcity Mindset vs Blessing Mindset:

1. View of .

Scarcity: “God come through.”

Blessing: “God comes through.”

2 Corinthians 9:8 – 8 And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. 

Malachi 3:10 – 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven…

Deuteronomy 28:8 – 8 The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.

2. View of .

Scarcity: “I only have a … I need to hold onto it.”

Blessing: “God gave me … so I can pour it out.”

Proverbs 3:9-10 – 9 Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops; 10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.

Malachi 3:10 – 10 Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.

2 Corinthians 8:2 – 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.

3. View of .

Scarcity: “I am the . I’m not enough.”

Haggai 1:6 – 6 You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”

Blessing: “I’m a . God can use me.”

Deuteronomy 21:17 – 17 He must acknowledge the son… as the firstborn by giving him a double share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength. The right of the firstborn belongs to him.