Generous People Are Happy People

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Generous People Are Happy People By Rick Warren — Jan 21, 2016 “There is more happiness in giving than in receiving.” (Acts 20:35b TEV) Jesus said in Acts 20:35, “There is more happiness in giving than in receiving” (TEV). Generosity increases your happiness. Everybody knows this! The only people who don’t know it are people who aren’t generous. When I was a child at Christmas, it wasn’t all about what I bought everybody else. It was all about what I got. As a child, all my joy came from the presents I got, not from the presents I gave to other people. But that was a long time ago. I was immature, and I was self-centered, like most children. Today I’m a grandfather. Now at Christmas, it’s not about the presents I get. My joy comes from watching other people unwrap the gifts that I’ve given them. Why? Because I grew up! I stopped being self-centered. It stopped being about me. That’s called maturity. Unfortunately some people never grow up, and even at 80 years old, it’s still all about them and what they can get out of it. They’ve never learned the joy of generosity. Don’t be like that. Be generous with your time, your money, your experience, and your heart. When you start practicing generosity, your joy will overflow! PLAY today’s audio teaching from Pastor Rick >> Talk It Over Think of the most generous person you know. What behavior tells you that person is generous? Have you ever been generous without anybody knowing it? What was the effect on you? How can you be generous with your experience? Our Gift: Daring Faith Study Kit Do you want God to do miracles in your life? In this series, Pastor Rick shares why faith is the key to miracles and challenges you to grow and be stretched in your faith so that you can experience God’s blessing, spiritual maturity, answered prayers, and even miracles. LEARN MORE Complete Audio Series (Purchase) Includes all complete sermons from the Rick Warren Daring Faith teaching series. LEARN MORE Series Summary Message 1: What Happens When You Have Faith Message 2: ​​​​​How to Get Ready for a Miracle Message 3: Daring to Believe Message 4: Daring to Imagine Message 5: Daring to Give God My Best Message 6: Daring to Plant in Faith Message 7: Daring to Commit Message 8: Daring to Be Generous Message 9: Daring to Wait on God Message 10: Daring to Go In Faith PLAY TODAY'S BROADCAST

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