Where Generosity Moves

The Generous Life Pt. 3 | November 23, 2025
Pastor Bria Bradshaw

Proverbs 11:24 (MSG) The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller.

Leviticus 23:22 (ESV) “And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.”
Live well within your boundaries - “Don’t reap your field right up to its edges…”
Leave what’s behind for others - “Nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest.”
Deuteronomy 24:19-22 (ESV) “When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not strip it afterward. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this.
GOD'S PLAN TO CARE FOR THE POOR AND THE MARGINALIZED HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS PEOPLE.
√ WE ARE MAXED OUT.
√ WE WANT A RETURN.
√ WE FORGET.
Deuteronomy 24:22 (ESV) You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this.

WHERE GENEROSITY MOVES

I. WHERE WE MAKE SPACE
Ask - Lord, where is my life so filled with me that there’s no room for you to move?

II. WHERE WE REMEMBER
Ask - Lord, where have I forgotten what you’ve done in my life?

III. WHERE WE'RE SURRENDERED
Matthew 25:34-40 (ESV) Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you did it to me.’
Ask - Lord, what part of my life is not surrendered or unavailable to you?

Discussion Questions + Practice
1. Making Space
Where do you notice our family/life being “filled to the edges” right now?
What is one practical way we could create more space—time, margin, or resources—so God can move through us?
2. Remembering
What is something God has done for you that you don’t want to forget?
How might remembering God’s faithfulness make us more open-handed with others?
3. Surrendering & Generosity
What area of our lives feels hardest to surrender or give generously—time, money, attention, energy? Why?
Who around us might be “the least of these” that God is inviting us to see and care for this week?