Jesus teaches that we should resist worry and trust God for provision. But what does this look like in practice? In this talk, we look at three ways that God provides, and what it looks like to seek first God’s Kingdom in the area of our finances.
Tag: generosity
Glorious Generosity (1 Tim 6.17–19)
On Sunday I spoke at Witney Community Church, as part of their Heartbeat series, looking at key values of the church. I spoke from 1 Timothy 6 on the theme of financial generosity. We considered three mindset shifts about generosity, a few thoughts about tithing under the New Covenant, and someone threw chocolate at the…
Forget not the Benefactor: Some personal reflections on tithing.
Yesterday I posted a reflection on tithing, prompted by this article from the BBC, ‘would you give 10% of your salary to charity?’ As it happens, I had already been thinking about tithing this week, before I came across the article, so I wanted to share a few personal thoughts. I’d been thinking about tithing…
Tithing: Enjoying the Benefits and meeting the Benefactor
I used to work for the insolvency service, processing bankruptcy and liquidation cases. I remember one day being called into my boss’ office because he had been going through a client’s outgoings and didn’t understand one of the items: “He’s listed a monthly ‘tithe’. What is that? I think it’s a religious word, but I’m…
The Joy of Generosity (1 Timothy 6)
God designed us to experience joy in generosity, so that when we give away what we have, we get a foretaste of the eternal life and joy He has planned for us. In this talk Liam reflects on 1 Timothy and looks at how giving allows us to experience “the life that is truly life”….
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