Date: 05-28-2020

Title: Generosity

(S) cripture:    Proverbs 11:25 (NASB) The generous man will be prosperous, And he who waters will himself be watered.

        Proverbs 11:25 (NLT) The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

(O) bservation:
    The writer simply states the truth that is also found in the New Testament. “You reap what you sow”. Generous people prosper and those who refresh others find themselves being refreshed.

(A) pplication:
    When I think of being generous, I immediately think of money and yet there are so many other ways to be generous. Investing my time and abilities in others is a form of generosity. Sharing what I have with others is generosity. When I share what I have I prosper, I gain more and that allows me to give more. It is a sweet and calm spirit that refreshes people and that is what I desire. When I am operating at a hectic, chaotic pace I cannot refresh anyone and will not stop long enough to be refreshed myself. Today I will slow down and make the most of each and every conversation. I will give of myself and whatever I have. I do so not to get more but because it is the way I am to live as a Christian.

(P) rayer:
    Lord let me know your presence and power in my life so that I might live the way you describe. Let me invest myself in others so that they too might walk close to you. Amen