Generously Share the Joy of Jesus

                Have you had your Joy Juice today?  Generously share the joy of the Lord with all you meet. You CAN make a difference! 

                When we think about the word “generosity” most often we equate it with financial giving.  But generosity is so much fuller and deeper and more…..

                According to David Jeremiah, “Respect, courtesy, forbearance, patience—all of these are expressions of a generous spirit.  Each day you’re given opportunities to exercise generosity of spirit: to respond to impatience with patience, to reply to a hurried or thoughtless comment with an expression of understanding or empathy, to overlook what you don’t like in someone, so that you can seek and find what you do like. It means to try to understand first and react later.” 

                 Be reminded that generosity is not about what’s in our bank account—but what’s in our heart! And through the overflow our heart, our mouth speaks.  When people hear your conversation, do your words speak encouragement and edification?  Or do they discourage and tear down? If your heart is generous with love and joy from the Lord, then people will be drawn to you as a source of strength. 

                It may not be “natural” for us to have a generous spirit, but we know a generous God Who is willing to help us cultivate the fruit of the Spirit in our lives. 

 

                 May we be dependent on God to give us a generous, joyful spirit to share with others.