We want to put several questions for you to ask yourself to help you see how generous you are or, perhaps, are not.
• How well do I tip? If I were a waiter or waitress, would I want to wait on myself, based on the way I tip?
• What kinds of gifts do I give? Do I give the cheapest things I can find? Do I get anything just to meet an obligation or do I sincerely look for what I believe the person receiving the gift would enjoy?
• Do I freely and frequently encourage and compliment other people?
• Am I willing to share what I have?
• Do I hoard possessions or do I give away what I’m not using?
• How many things do I have hidden in drawers in my home-things I have not used in years that I am keeping just because I like having possessions?
• When I have opportunities to give to those less fortunate than I am, do I give generously? Do I do as much as I can or as little as I can?
• If I’m with someone who has a cold and runny nose, and I have been carrying around a package of tissues for weeks, do I give that person only one tissue, or do I offer the entire package so they will have plenty?
• Do I give someone else the best-looking steak at dinner or do I keep that one for myself?
We could ask ourselves all kinds of questions like these that would help us locate our level of generosity. I believe you want to be as generous as you can possibly be so meditating on this power will certainly help you reach your goal. Think and say, “I love people and I enjoy helping them.”
Power Pack
“Be mindful to be a blessing….”
Galatians 6:10
“If anyone intends to come after Me, let him deny himself [forget, ignore, disown, and lose sight of himself and his own interests] and take up his cross, and [joining Me as a disciple and siding with My party] follow with Me [continually, cleaving steadfastly to Me].”
Mark 8:34
“Let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity).”
1 John 3:18
“We know that we have passed over out of death into Life by the fact that we love the brethren (our fellow Christians). He who does not love abides (remains, is held and kept continually) in [spiritual]
