A Generous Family
February 14, 2021
In this first part of our ‘Cultural Values’ series we look at what it means to be a ‘Generous’ Church. It never feels easy to give away our money, but Jesus wants us to know that He will always provide for us. The disciples had seen Jesus feed the 5000 and 4000 and yet still didn’t realise who Jesus truly was. We too need a fresh reminder that Jesus is enough for us. That as we give, cheerfully and sacrificially, we will become the people that God wants us to be.
Stephen Morrison
In this series:
Mark 8:14–21 (Listen)
The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod
14 Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15 And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”1 16 And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. 17 And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? 18 Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? 19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.” 20 “And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.” 21 And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”
Footnotes
[1] 8:15
(ESV)
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