The Generosity Guy

My experience walking through a slum in Manilla.

What is your generosity limit? When is enough, enough?

Hungry?  What it means to have enough, too little or too much.  There is enough. The supply is not the issue. 

Are we on the right side or wrong side of history?  Should we care?

Is Women's Empowerment a women's issue? Things have changed since my first women's event, thank God for that. 

Overcoming poverty is more than just a financial thing, it is psychological. Once someone's basic needs are met, only then can they become who they could be. Maslow was right. 

Hospitals are a scary place. Think about that from the perspective of a 1 or 2 year old - they are confused, the don't know why they are there, why are these people coming in, are they going to hurt me? Jason's organisation, Supertee, helps sick children in hospital find strength through imagination.  You can find out more about Supertee at www.supertee.org.au Facebook Page - https://www.face...

It's a trap that perpetuates itself.

How do you practice self generosity? How are you generous with your love for other people? What generous boundaries do you have in place for your children? Why don't you have a belly button?? These are some of the questions that Brandi K Harris answers in this weeks podcast.  Brandi is an experienced counsellor, author, speaker, teacher, and coach. Married with three children, Brandi has a we...

Sometimes people need rescuing, but mostly we need to look at what the causes are. 

Generosity is a mindset, it doesn't require a certain amount of wealth before it can happen.

Nobody wants to donate to pay for electricity. But without it, nothing happens.

We don't talk about our giving, because 400 years ago it wasn't okay.

Generosity is good for you. It's brain science. 

Each time you participate in an act of generosity, you are taking a risk. What happens if it gets rejected? Do we stop being generous?

With no price tag attached, how do we know how much money to give away? Here are a couple of tips.

Fear can hold us back, and when it comes to generosity, fear can stop us from becoming the type of person that we want to be. In places like Australia, that fear is mostly unfounded. 

There is no future time in which you will suddenly become more generous. Generosity starts now. Don't wait.

Usually people will say that being selfless is a good thing, but it actually gets in the way of true generosity. 

There are certain times when we might want to give money away, and think we are doing a good thing, but God doesn't want it from us.

God's plan for our world does not rely upon whether I give or not. He is not restricted by my lack of generosity.  Instead, He invites us to be part of what He is doing through our Generosity. 

People dream of winning the lottery and living the rest of their lives on easy street.  But what if we have already won?

Some call them reasons, I call them excuses. This episode highlights four of the most common reasons/excuses that people use to justify not giving to a charity. 

Why do we give to what we give to? What is it that motivates us to support one charity over another, or no charities at all?

What do you do when the topic of money and generosity is sprung on you without warning? Plus, some tips for intentional generosity.