Sermons on Generosity:

The Lost Coin Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Apr 21, 2023

In imitating God, the church should pour out lavish generosity and joy in response to any conversion.

INTRODUCTION • Have you ever lost something? • Something you needed or valued? • Well, you are not alone! • According to a survey from a few years ago, Americans " spend 2.5 days a year looking for misplaced items.” • The most misplaced items are “TV remotes (45%), phones (33%), car & ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:8-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Parable Of The Workers In The Vineyard PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 26, 2023

Explore and understand God's boundless generosity, grace, and unexpected provision, as illustrated in the parable of the workers in the vineyard.

Good morning, church family! Today, we are diving headfirst into the depths of God’s boundless generosity, his unfathomable grace, and his unexpected provision. There’s a quote by Charles Spurgeon that I think perfectly encompasses our topic today. He said, "That truth is that it is beyond the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Topics: God's Provision

The Blessed Life - Pt. 1 - The Generous Life Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on Feb 10, 2011

Fortune cookies, horseshoes, 4 leaf clovers, rabbit’s foot . . . Luck. Athletes would often rather be lucky than good.However, living a blessed life is even better than trying to live lucky.

The Blessed Life Part 1 – The Generous Life I. Introduction Fortune cookies, horseshoes, 4 leaf clovers, rabbit’s foot . . . Luck. Athletes would often rather be lucky than good. Crooners sing about it. Everyone wants to be lucky. Poor people use money they don’t have playing a game of luck in ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 11:24-25

Denomination: Pentecostal

Defining Moments-The Road To Riches Or Ruin Series

Contributed by Larry Thompson on Mar 19, 2015

This sermon focuses on decisions we make to invest in the Kingdom of God or the Thingdom of man

DEFINING MOMENTS – PART TWO THE ROAD TO RICHES OR RUIN MATTHEW 6:24 - DR. LARRY L. THOMPSON (2015) Introduction: Defining moments occur when we come face to face with a truth we didn’t know, or a truth we have chosen to disregard, and yet when confronted with the truth and we choose ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:24

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritually Forsaken Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jul 2, 2008

Exposition of Isa 58:1-14 about spiritually forsaking the care of the less fortunate by fasting, prayer, and worship and God’s response to that behavior

Text: Isaiah 58:1-14, Title: Spiritually Forsaken, Date/Place: NRBC, 6/29/08, AM A. Opening illustration: some local illustration of trying to help someone, or maybe a generic example of how things usually go with trying to help those who are struggling. B. Background to passage: As we continue our ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 58:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Blessed To Be A Blessing Series

Contributed by Vincent Olaer on Oct 2, 2008

Discovering the Secret Of God’s Economy

Blessed To Be A Blessing Malachi 3:10 10Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:10

Denomination: Baptist

How To Live In The Face Of Uncertainty Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jun 30, 2009

19th in a series from Ecclesiastes. How Christians are to respond to uncertainty in the world.

There was once an elderly gentleman who loved playing golf. But he was almost eighty, and his vision was not very good anymore. He always had partners with him when he went out to play so they could watch his ball and tell him where it went. One day his buddies did not show up. It was a beautiful ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Supernatural #4: Lay Money Down And Pick People Up Series

Contributed by C Jordan on Jul 25, 2009

God wants us to love people, not money. Two of the effects of believing in Jesus are that the heart is loosened in relationship to things and tightened in its relationship to people.

SUPERNATURAL #4: LAY MONEY DOWN AND PICK PEOPLE UP (July 2009 – Beausejour Church – Pastor Chris Jordan) REVIEW ACTS 1-4: Chapter 1 - Jesus tells the disciples to wait for the promise of the Holy Spirit and power Chapter 2 - Day of Pentecost, Holy Spirit falls, Peter preaches, church is ...read more

Denomination: *other

God Loves A Hilarious Giver!

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on May 23, 2009

God loves a cheerful, hilarious giver. This is a short all-age appropriate talk using a story and the giving out of chocolates to help people think about the resources God wants them to use hilariously for him.

On one occasion Jesus said: “Give; and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you” (Luke 6:38). God is so good to me. God is so generous. St Paul once wrote that ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-9

Denomination: Anglican

Generous Giving

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Dec 5, 2012

How can we learn to be generous givers.

2 Corinthians 9:1-15 Generous Giving Do you remember 1972? Why 1972? That’s when I went to high school. A gallon of gas cost 36¢. A gallon of milk cost $1.20. By the time I graduated high school, the cost of gasoline increased an astronomical 64%, to 59¢ per gallon. Imagine, that? ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

How Our Giving Affects Me

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Oct 18, 2010

This sermon deals with how our giving affects who we become as a person. It looks at the hidden greed that lurks at times in our hearts.

Excellence In Giving—How It Touches Me 10/17/2010 2 Samuel 24:18-25 Luke 12:13-21 Today we are in the final of 3 messages under Excellence In Giving. Pastor Toby preached on How Our Giving Touches God, Pastor Kellie preached on “How Our Giving Touches Others”, and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:13-21

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Cheerful Giver Series

Contributed by Bob Scudieri on Dec 19, 2013

The Lord is THE Cheerful Giver - ready to bless us to be a blessing

THE CHEERFUL GIVER Introduction 1. This year our stewardship emphasis has been “Holy (H-O-L-Y) obligated.” We are focusing on what it means to be a Biblical – Chrsitian steward. A steward doesn’t own anything – a steward manages what belongs to someone else. And the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:14

Denomination: Lutheran

Who Do You Love?

Contributed by Monty Newton on Aug 6, 2013

How we think of ourselves is a reflection of how we think of God and others.

Title: Who Do You Love? (Encompasses “what” we love, as in inordinate affections for, devotion to and obsessions with things and/or people. What we love reflects who we love.) Text: Luke 12:13-21 Thesis: How we think of ourselves is a reflection of how we think of God and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:13-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Called Part 2 Series

Contributed by Tommy Jackson on Aug 26, 2014

As a Christian, You are Called, but Called to do WHAT?

BASIC Series Part Two Welcome Hold Up Bibles (tracks start playing in background, get louder and louder) Last week, we started this brand new series called B.A.S.I.C. (elaborate) TELL ABOUT BOOK: “ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN”, by Robert Fulgham All I really ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In It To Win It--We Are Givers

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Nov 7, 2016

This sermon demonstrates that because God is generous and a giver in all that God does, we can't help but become generous and a giver as we go through life.

In It To Win In It We Are Givers Proverbs 11:18-23 Luke 19:1-10 10/30/2016 Once again we find one of our sports teams that is “In It To Win It” with The World Series. At the moment, the only problem is that there is a team called the Chicago Cubs who are likewise “In It ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed