THE GRACE OF GIVING

#11 in the series He Is Enough
Tim Cartwright

Key Passage: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

1. Examples of Gracious Giving

• Macedonians: “For in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of ______ on their part.” (2 Cor 8:1-2)
• The Poor Widow: “This poor widow has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her ______ put in all she had to live on.” (Lu 21:1-4)
• Titus: “See that you excel in this act of ______ also.” (2 Cor 8:6-7)
• Jesus: “Though he was rich, yet for your sake he became ______, so that you by his poverty might become rich.” (2 Cor 8:8-9)

2. What life did Jesus give up? “Though he was in the form of God, he did not count ______ with God a thing to be grasped.” (Phil 2:5-7a)

3. What life did Jesus take on? “He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of ______, even death on a cross.” (Phil 2:7b-8)

4. Instructions Toward Gracious Giving

• Finish the Work: “So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your ______ it out of what you have.” (2 Cor 8:11)
• Understand the Beauty of Community: “Your abundance at the present time should supply their ______, so that their abundance may supply your need.” (2 Cor 8:13-15)

> “The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.” > (Ps 34:10)

5. Receive His Grace Today

• Reflect on how God has ______.
• Confess your ______ and idolatry.
• Embrace a new lifestyle of gracious ______.

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