Generous (Daily Devotional)

Greetings! Thank you for giving us this opportunity to journey with you throughout this week. We've been talking about a positive mindset which is so important for us personally as individuals. It also affects those around us, our mindset does affect other people. And so, we've been talking about various aspects or elements of a positive mindset, and we've looked at several different aspects.

Today as we close this out, I want to bring our attention to having a generous mindset. In second Corinthians chapter nine and verse seven, the Bible tells us, ‘that each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.’ So this being generous, the Bible says you do it as you purpose in your own heart or in your own inner self which includes your mind (the way you think and purpose). So, he says, you give, you be generous, but let it come from inside you. One of the things I want to encourage us to have is a generous mindset. Now when we say generous, it doesn't mean to be lavish in spending on our own selves, that is being self-indulgent. We're talking about being generous, which is an expression of kindness to other people, to release things so that it can bless other people and generosity is actually an aspect of God.

The Bible tells us in James chapter one, it says ‘God gives to all men liberally’; for God so loved that He gave. Giving is a characteristic or virtue of God Himself. And so, we must have a generous mindset and what motivates our generous mindset? Of course, we're imitating God, but the apostle Paul makes this statement in Acts chapter 20 and verse 42, he said, ‘the Lord Jesus taught us it is more blessed to give than to receive.’ There's a blessing in giving, there's a blessing in releasing and being generous. Therefore, you have a generous mindset, you're willing to release, you're willing to give, you're willing to let go because for you a subtraction always results in a multiplication. when something is subtracted out, that is we are giving out, it seems like it's a subtraction, but you know, it's going to result in a multiplication. So, it's never a loss, it's only again. I's more blessed to give than to receive. So, how about developing a generous mindset? It's good for us. It's a healthy mindset, it's not only good for us, but it's good for people around us. They're going to be blessed and people love to be around somebody who is generous, and kind. So have a positive mindset, it's good for us and it's good for those around us. Let's develop that.

Let's pray, Father, we ask that you would give us the grace to develop a positive mindset that we ourselves can journey through life with a song in our hearts, with joy in our lives, as we go through various life situations and that we will also be a blessing to others around us in Jesus’s name. Amen.

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