What have I done to show my generosity to others?
I pray for each student in my every class every day, no matter he or she is a Christian or not.
I listen whatever my students want to share with me about their lives patiently and give them my advice from the Bible guiding them in the way they can see the grace from God.
I spent a whole week with some youth using reusable materials to finish decoration for VBS event.
I spent two months talking to my parents via international calls every midnight, prayed for them, and wanted to let them know how much love they have been receiving from Jesus Christ.
I help my younger sister find her mission from God by sharing our devotion from the Bible, praying for signs God shows to her every day. Sometimes
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By serving as a servant, aren’t those commands you request me to obey? Have I done generosity that different from other people who are not Christians and show exactly your glory to the people around me?” I had been asking these questions to God for several days till I got a response from Him.
It’s easy to say we are generous when that generosity doesn’t cost us anything more than spending a little money on a person that we are not really familiar with or a stranger who needs our help. The real test of our generosity is how we treat those people who God places around us every day – our family members, colleagues, and fellow believers. Of course, providing financial assistance without asking for return is a great generosity; but beyond this are: the love; joy; peace; patience; kindness; goodness; faithfulness; gentleness; and self-control, we show to others, those are indeed Jesus Christ shows to us every moment.
I learned this from a spiritual sister who led me to know God, we knew each other three years ago. She treats me like her real family:
She always encourages me while I am tired of waiting for God 's signs.
She always talks good things about me to others.
No matter what difficult lives give us, she always has full faith in Jesus
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It might spend me a whole day if I need to list all her generosity to me. It is the first time I really realize what is a Christian in my life. By comparison to her generosity, what I have done is nothing. That is the reason I prayed for God’s guidance in the testimony in this season.
God answered me one, “Tell your church what generosity in Christ way you received from them recently, and it’s the evidence that I am always leading your church.”
I went to church where people come from the same home country and have the similar cultural background. It’s easy to build up a comfortable zone since we have the same mother tongue until the day God asked me to come to Anthem. I so struggled because it 's really a challenge to jump into a group in which people have a deep spiritual connection and I have never been involved in before.
God shows me his mercy by giving me several generous people here, they:
They welcomed me and invited me to their groups;
They heard my stories patiently and tried their best to remember my name which is totally another unusual language to them.
They shared grace they received and the experience they had to me to encourage my decision in following God’s
...hat share my faith and together worship Jesus. I believe that by being in fellowship with other believers I will have a strong opportunity to pursue and fulfill God’s purpose in my life, whether it is a daily or lifetime calling.
This was God’s plan all along and allows us to perceive God’s unconditionally loving nature as the foundation of our being, our existence, and our gift as saved humanity. Even though we are unworthy in our hearts and actions we are given this gift through God’s grace and sacrifice. The ways that I attempt to interact with God is through following Christ’s experience in the way of liturgical ceremony, centering prayer, Lectio Divina, and trying to love others as God
As time went by, I felt I didn’t have a great testimony, that my story was not important. I found myself listening to countless inspirational speakers and pastors who had mi...
...lled me to submit to that supervisor. Jesus empowered his disciples to perform tasks and go out and fulfill their calling.
...esult, the more directly one sees their personal efforts impact someone else, the more happiness one can gain from the experience of giving. Sometimes generosity requires pushing past a feeling of reluctance because people all instinctively want to keep good things for themselves, but once one is over this feeling, they will feel satisfaction in knowing that they have made a difference in someone else’s life. However, if one lives without generosity but is not selfish, they can still have pleasure from other virtues.
Sherman, Amy L. “Expectant Giving.” The Christian Century 116.6 (1999): 206. Academic OneFile. Web. 1 Nov. 2013.
...ollowing in my sister's footsteps, I began learning from her experiences. We tread lightly around the subject of the religion these days. Thankfully, there are no wild debates at the dinner table on holidays. We respect one another's beliefs and agree to disagree about them. She often tells me, "You should come to my church!" when I call her seeking sisterly advice or needing a sympathetic ear. I have attended her church and admire how she's strengthened her parish and community. That's more inspirational to me than any Sunday sermon - as she is one who sincerely lives in the word, even when it's difficult for her.
Parents should teach their children to have a missionary spirit. They should mold their children’s mind to interest in the work of God. It is important for the parents to shape their children’s interest toward the spreading of the Gospel. Let us see the counsel:
In today's world, there are many different ways to get involved in religion; various methods have attracted groups of all ages and races. One popular association is FCA or Fellowship of Christian Athletes. This particular group has helped me to find Christ in my own life. There are a lot of unconventional activities to help the younger generations get involved. Some of these activities included Death Week, which focused on death and pain, meetings about family and divorce, lectures to help people reach for their goals, and encouragement speakers. There is a great deal of fun incorporated into all the seriousness, though. We went on ski trips, did missionary work, and put on skits. All of these activities involved Christ in some way, and helped the younger generation to realize that being spiritual was not 'uncool.'; When I attended the FCA meetings, it was the one time that I actually felt free from all my problems. FCA helped me to find my spiritual self and gave me a sense of completion.
I became a deacon at my church, and soon after I started to build a community culture with the people in my church who shared my beliefs and values. While not every person can agree on everything, having people with similar cultures get together to not only discuss religious beliefs, but discuss family and life is very helpful in growing as a person. They were there for me, and I learned so much from the people I created meaningful relationships and connections with. This made me so much stronger in my faith than I was before, and I felt that I could put my faith in a higher position in my life. During this time I had a son, and not long after another came along; thus, shifting the culture of my family a great deal. Raising my sons proved to be a different experience altogether than raising my daughter. While I still put my faith in God first and taught that to my children, my culture shifted to include more things for them, especially as they got older and became more involved. My life was no longer about me and my priorities, but my faith and my children above everything else. My personal culture was no longer important. It was all about my family culture and what pieces of my own culture I could incorporate to raise my children in the best way possible. The biggest part of my culture that I incorporated was my faith, as I said before. Another important aspect was my family values. I am a very family oriented
It is important for me to remember when preparing a sermon, that it is not about the preacher, but through preaching, God the Holy Spirit does the work of giving God’s
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