1. “God-Honoring Stewardship” Part 4 (Spirit Giving) Acts 20:35

2. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Philippians 2:3-4

3. ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said,
‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Acts 20:35

4. ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said,
‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Acts 20:35

5. What are some of the things that you believe make you happy?
Which of your God-given resources do you find the most difficult to give to others?
What are some of the things that you believe make you happy?
Where do you find your peace?
What do you consider to be a sacrifice?

6. 1. Our flesh interacts with the world Ephesians 4:17-22

7. I have received something favorable
Happiness
I have received something favorable
Unrighteous anger I’m not getting what I want
Sadness I have suffered a loss
Fear, Anxiety, Worry I am afraid I am either going to lose something or not going to get something

8. Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.

9. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

10. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.

11. But that is not the way you learned Christ!—
assuming that you have heard Him and were taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus,

12. to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

13. 2. Our Spirit interacts with Christ Ephesians 4:23-24

14. and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

15. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
John 15:11

16. Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
John 14:27

17. I have said these things to you, that in Me you may have peace
I have said these things to you, that in Me you may have peace In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33

18. Galatians 5:22-25

19. But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control;
against such things there is no law.

20. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

21. 3. Spirit Giving can only be experienced in the Spirit Acts 20:25

22. ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said,
‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

23. Some questions to ask yourself when you are giving your God-given resources to another.

24. What is my biggest obstacle in giving this resource?
What is my motivation for giving this resource?
Am I viewing this as a sacrifice?
Am I experiencing the fruit of the Spirit as I give this resource?