Radical Heart Condition

by | Radical Leadership

Serving and Giving is a Heart Condition. (Luke 21:1-4, MSG; NKJV)

• When our heart is right our giving will be right—physically and financially.

God looks at the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7, NKJV)

• God know your heart—when your heart is right your service and giving will be right.

It’s always about the heart. (Matthew 12:34-37, NKJV)

 

It’s what you do with what God’s given you. (Matthew 25:14-30, NKJV)

• The joy of the Lord is entered into as we learn, grow, and use what God’s given us.

• When a man’s heart grows hard, he will not see serving and giving to the Lord as a privilege and calling.

 

What was it that upset Jesus?

• Because of what the man did with what God had given him.

• Often those who do the least and give the least complain the most.

• This man saw Jesus as hard instead of loving and kind.

• He saw Jesus as one who wants to take from you instead of the one who gives to you.

• He saw (perceived) others getting what they did not deserve.

• He viewed those over him as hard and harsh instead of loving and kind.

• He had fear instead of faith.

Criticism: Reveals where we are most insecure.

Praise: Reveals what’s most important or valuable.

 

 

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