Legacy Church
We > Me
Legacy Church is real people meeting real needs with the reality of Christ. We weren’t created to go through life alone. That’s why we’re building a community of authentic believers who can grow through life together.
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Legacy Church
320 S Main St, Tennille, GA 31089, USA
Sunday 11:15 AM
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Wednesday 7:00 PM
We must learn to make life more about "we" and less about "me".
Selfishness is maybe the largest destroyer of community and intimacy in relationships. We cannot live selfish lives and be generous at the same time. Selfishness and generosity cannot exist together. One will strangle the other. And I believe the best way to deal with selfishness is to develop a life of generosity.
This was the mindset that Christ had, and in Him should also be our way of thinking. We are told that even though He was equal with God He didn’t try to understand, live in, or protest this fact in order to gain a place in society. He didn’t try to get people to like Him based on who He was but rather lived to reveal the Father to us and help us know His love!
Jesus lived to serve others.
Jesus himself said that He didn’t come to be served but to serve. (Mark 10:45) This should be our attitude in the world. There would be a much better and authentic community if we all had the attitude of Christ is looking to serve each other.
Learning the art of caring for others as much as we care for ourselves is part of a believer's life. We are called to this selfless lifestyle and must learn to do it in a culture that has become increasingly selfish and fight constantly for its own rights.
He doesn’t warn us not to see to our own needs. This lifestyle isn’t about self-abasement. But he does caution us to not neglect others as we see that our own needs are met.
To be generous is to show a readiness to give more of something, as money or time, than is strictly necessary or expected.
Please understand that this series about generosity is about more than giving money. In fact, you can give bits of money or lots of money and still be a very stingy person. Just as we say love keeps no record of wrongs, I believe generosity keeps no record of giving! Generosity is more about a condition in our souls. It is about our time, our lives, our love and yes, it is also about our finances. But I don’t believe you can be generous without an understanding of, and baptism in, the love of God our Father!
When we truly seek to love others as we love ourselves we begin to care for them the way Christ taught us to. We begin to think about others' needs and not just our own. And then we seek to understand people, not just judge them.
Seek to understand more than to be understood!
Jesus came teaching such a different philosophy than was being taught in His day. Even those that sought God were missing something. They were missing the love component. So much of what He taught us was about loving God and loving others. He loved deeply and encouraged us to do the same thing! But it seems stingy is the norm for some of us. We are stingy in our sharing of love, forgiveness, mercy, grace, not to mention our time or money! We must seek to live generous lives!
"Life is meant to be given away. And as you give, more will be given to you.” - Brad Formsma
It takes great humility to consider others as important as yourself. And in our day and time when the entire culture seems to scream for each individual's rights and so many seem to live for themselves and as a law unto themselves, it seriously has to be a true work of Holy Spirit in our lives in order for us to walk in humility.
Generosity is not about the giving of your stuff it is about the giving of your life!
If God truly has your heart and you truly love Him, your stuff will be no problem. It will be just that to you–stuff! True generosity is laying down your life, your agenda, and allowing God to lead you into His plan for you. It is to be willing anytime, at any place, to be the answer to someone's prayer and to allow God to use you to meet someone's need. That is a generous life!
God has called us to live generous lives as we release His glory here on earth!
True love gives birth to generosity and not selfishness. This is one way to know the true depth of our love for the community of believers–am I living in generosity towards others. That is why I consistently need a fresh baptism of His love. Or maybe better said, a renewed awareness of His love towards me and His desire to flow it through me.
Is there any selfishness in you that is not allowing you to live in generosity?
This was the mindset that Christ had, and in Him should also be our way of thinking. We are told that even though He was equal with God He didn’t try to understand, live in, or protest this fact in order to gain a place in society. He didn’t try to get people to like Him based on who He was but rather lived to reveal the Father to us and help us know His love!
Jesus lived to serve others.
Jesus himself said that He didn’t come to be served but to serve. (Mark 10:45) This should be our attitude in the world. There would be a much better and authentic community if we all had the attitude of Christ is looking to serve each other.
Learning the art of caring for others as much as we care for ourselves is part of a believer's life. We are called to this selfless lifestyle and must learn to do it in a culture that has become increasingly selfish and fight constantly for its own rights.
He doesn’t warn us not to see to our own needs. This lifestyle isn’t about self-abasement. But he does caution us to not neglect others as we see that our own needs are met.
To be generous is to show a readiness to give more of something, as money or time, than is strictly necessary or expected.
Please understand that this series about generosity is about more than giving money. In fact, you can give bits of money or lots of money and still be a very stingy person. Just as we say love keeps no record of wrongs, I believe generosity keeps no record of giving! Generosity is more about a condition in our souls. It is about our time, our lives, our love and yes, it is also about our finances. But I don’t believe you can be generous without an understanding of, and baptism in, the love of God our Father!
When we truly seek to love others as we love ourselves we begin to care for them the way Christ taught us to. We begin to think about others' needs and not just our own. And then we seek to understand people, not just judge them.
Seek to understand more than to be understood!
Jesus came teaching such a different philosophy than was being taught in His day. Even those that sought God were missing something. They were missing the love component. So much of what He taught us was about loving God and loving others. He loved deeply and encouraged us to do the same thing! But it seems stingy is the norm for some of us. We are stingy in our sharing of love, forgiveness, mercy, grace, not to mention our time or money! We must seek to live generous lives!
"Life is meant to be given away. And as you give, more will be given to you.” - Brad Formsma
It takes great humility to consider others as important as yourself. And in our day and time when the entire culture seems to scream for each individual's rights and so many seem to live for themselves and as a law unto themselves, it seriously has to be a true work of Holy Spirit in our lives in order for us to walk in humility.
Generosity is not about the giving of your stuff it is about the giving of your life!
If God truly has your heart and you truly love Him, your stuff will be no problem. It will be just that to you–stuff! True generosity is laying down your life, your agenda, and allowing God to lead you into His plan for you. It is to be willing anytime, at any place, to be the answer to someone's prayer and to allow God to use you to meet someone's need. That is a generous life!
God has called us to live generous lives as we release His glory here on earth!
True love gives birth to generosity and not selfishness. This is one way to know the true depth of our love for the community of believers–am I living in generosity towards others. That is why I consistently need a fresh baptism of His love. Or maybe better said, a renewed awareness of His love towards me and His desire to flow it through me.
Is there any selfishness in you that is not allowing you to live in generosity?
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