Generous Giving Storyline

In this issue: Andy Stanley on How To Be Rich, Alan Barnhart on It's More Fun To Be A Giver, and Living On Less? by Jay Link

Feb-Mar 2010 - Issue 0004

There's No Place Like Home

There’s a popular saying, “home is where your heart is.” Jesus says it this way, “where your treasure is there your heart will be also.” According to Scripture, as believers our true home is in Heaven. So how are we to live while on Earth? In this edition of Storyline we explore how to keep a biblical perspective on the treasures of this world by viewing them through the lens of eternity.

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven... For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." - Matthew 6:19-21

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How To Be Rich by Andy Stanley

In this four minute video clip taken from a sermon series entitled How to Be Rich, Pastor Andy Stanley explores viewing wealth through the lens of eternity. Guilt can only take us so far in our giving; looking at our wealth in the context of eternity loosens our grip on our stuff, which loosens its grip on us.

It's More Fun To Be A Giver

Armed with the conviction that it is more fun to be a giver than a consumer, Alan Barnhart established a financial finish line in his personal life, not seeking to be rich, but to avoid being rich. In a message that may cause you to rethink everything you know about business, discover how this generous giver gave 99% of his company away, while still holding on to control so that the company could be used to advance the Kingdom for years to come.

Living On Less? by Jay Link

Can less be more? In this thought-provoking article, author and wealth counselor, Jay Link, explores the motivation to live on less and helps us better understand the more that results from reorienting our perspective, our priorities and our purpose.(Read)

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