Be Generous

Whitney Hopler

Giving often involves sacrifice - of your time, money, or energy. Sometimes it can hurt. But if you decide to be generous, the resulting rewards will more than outweigh the costs.

Think about it. God is generous with you, pouring out His love into your life in unlimited ways. Your generosity opens doors for God's power to flow through you into other people's lives, enriching both you and the people you help.

Here are some ways you can strive to be generous:

Adapted from The Generosity Factor: The Power in Holding Things with Open Hands, copyright 2002 by Ken Blanchard, S. Truett Cathy, and the Blanchard Family Partnership. Published by Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Mich., www.zondervan.com, 1-800-727-3480.

Ken Blanchard is an internationally known management consultant, organizational leader, and the author or coauthor of 12 books, including The One Minute Manager. S. Truett Cathy is the founder and chairman of Chick-fil-A, a national chain of fast-service restaurants, and founder of the WinShape Center Foundation, a charitable organization for youth.

What challenges sometimes keep you from being generous? When you are generous, how does God bless you? What are some of the ways you strive to be generous to others, and why? How has someone else's generosity recently blessed you? Visit Crosswalk's forums to discuss this topic by clicking on the link below.

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