Practice Generosity… Put to Death Selfishness & Greed

“The bread you do not use is the bread of the hungry. The garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked. The shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot. The acts of charity you do not perform are the injustices you commit.”
– St. Basil the Great

  • Increase your generosity together annually to the point where it requires sacrifice – where you give up something you wanted in order to give. This is the test of true generosity (2 Corinthians 8:2-3).

  • Once a year, go on a "generosity date" – spend an evening together prayerfully deciding your giving plan for the coming year: church, missions, local needs, and spontaneous giving. Treat it as worship.

  • Practice hospitality together. Open your home once a month to someone who needs a meal, community, or simply to be seen. Generosity of space and time forms generosity of heart.

  • Practice giving your spouse your full, undivided attention for defined periods – phones away, screens off, fully present. Time is the relational currency of intimacy. Withholding it is a form of stinginess.