Leading your church to be more generous

Leading Your Church to Be

More GenerousRev. Jan Davis

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Whenever I sit down to prepare a

stewardship sermon for a congregation, and especially on the night before I

preach it, I feel the knot in my

stomach. I find myself asking, “Why is this so

hard?”

1. Believe in What God is Doing

Leading Your Church to Be More Generous

Fundraising is first and foremost, a

form of ministry. It is a way of

announcing our vision and inviting other people into

our mission.


2. Begin by Asking What God Thinks



Isaiah 55:8

For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD.

3. Pray for God’s Dream to Become

Your Dream



4. Remember to Look at the Long View


2 Peter 3:8

Do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with

the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a

thousand years are like one day.


We have been raised in the faith and worshipped in

sanctuaries that we did not build, it falls to us the privilege

of building sanctuaries where

we will never worship.


5. Discover What is Holding You Back


John 12:1-3 Six days before the Passover

Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he

had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha

served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with

him.

John 12:1-3 Mary took a pound of costly

perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the

perfume.


6. Lead with Faith Not Fear


2 Corinthians 9:6

The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and

the one who sows bountifully will also reap

bountifully.

Perhaps you once dreamed of sowing

fertile seeds of generosity. But

reality has taught you to be more

cautious. “What if I give away too much?

What if there’s not enough left for me?

What if ...?”


7. Choose Daily How You Will Sow



8. Expect God to Show Up


2 Corinthians 9:8

God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by

always having enough of everything, you may

share abundantly in every good work.


9. Remember God’s Multiplication Rules



Leading Your Church to Be

More GenerousRev. Jan Davis

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Leading your church to be more generous