3. Mark 14:3-11
3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the
table in the home of Simon the Leper, a
woman came with an alabaster jar of very
expensive perfume, made of pure nard.
She broke the jar and poured the
perfume on his head. 4 Some of those
present were saying indignantly to one
another, “Why this waste of perfume?
5 It could have been sold for more than a
year’s wages and the money given to the
poor.” And they rebuked her harshly. 6
“Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are
you bothering her? She has done a
beautiful thing to me. 7 The poor you will
always have with you, and you can help
them any time you want.
But you will not always have me.8 She did
what she could. She poured perfume on
my body beforehand to prepare for my
burial. 9 Truly I tell you, wherever the
gospel is preached throughout the
world, what she has done will also be
told, in memory of her.”
10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve,
went to the chief priests to betray Jesus
to them. 11 They were delighted to hear
this and promised to give him money.
So he watched for an opportunity to
hand him over.

4. Poverty is not the will
of God in your life.
Poverty is not a
kingdom lifestyle.
Wealth is from God to
benefit the people you
serve, to help others, to
know God’s generous
heart and share His
goodness.
To be blessed and
prosperous is an
opportunity from God.
Opportunity knocks
only once.
A person who wants to
be blessed and prospered
by God, sees and seizes
every opportunity and
settles it in his heart.

5. How to be
irrationally
generous?

6. Mark 14:3-4
3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the
table in the home of Simon the Leper, a
woman came with an alabaster jar of very
expensive perfume, made of pure nard.
She broke the jar and poured the
perfume on his head.
extravagant display of devotion
generosity; something of great value
giving requires pain and sacrifice
breaking leads to wholeness
giving generously
aroma that
reaches
the heaven

7. (1)
See the
opportunity

8. Prosperity has to do
with the heart.
Whatever you settle
in your heart,
settles everything.
Every issue of the wallet
is an issue of the heart.

9. Matthew 6:21
For where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also.

10. To be irrationally
generous is to give
without any reason but
see the purpose.

11. Acts 20:35
35 In everything I did, I showed you that by
this kind of hard work we must help the
weak, remembering the words the Lord
Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to
give than to receive.’ ”

12. Rational Generosity vs.
Irrational Generosity

13. Rational means within
reasons. Irrational means
beyond reasons.
Every time you desire to
give irrationally, you enable
God to move and make
miracles.
Irrational giving opens the
floodgates of heaven for
miracles to take place.
Giving is something we do.
Generous is who we are.
Generosity is giving beyond
what is usual,
what is required.

14. Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived: God cannot be
mocked. A man reaps what he sows.

15. 2 Corinthians 9:6-7
6 Remember this: Whoever sows
sparingly will also reap sparingly, and
whoever sows generously will also reap
generously. 7 Each of you should give
what you have decided in your heart to
give, not reluctantly or under compulsion,
for God loves a cheerful giver.

16. Proverbs 25:22 (Voice)
22 For your kind treatment will be like
heaping hot coals on his head, it may
cause a change in heart, and the Eternal
will repay you.

17. God loves a cheerful giver
because He is also a
cheerful Father.
A good Father is
a good giver.
Every time we give, God
shares a part of His
character to us – a
generous Father.
Only a generous giver
would experience a special
kind of joy that only a
giver could have.
Do you see any
opportunity to give?

18. (2)
Seize the
opportunity

19. Mark 14:4-5
4 Some of those present were saying
indignantly to one another, “Why this
waste of perfume? 5 “It could have been
sold for a year’s wages and the money
given to the poor!” So they scolded her
harshly.
Irrational generosity will not make
sense; no one will understand
The world will never understand
what only God can explain.

20. Tithes and
Offering

21. Malachi 3:9-12
9 You are under a curse—your whole
nation—because you are robbing me. 10
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse,
that there may be food in my house. Test
me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and
see if I will not throw open the floodgates
of heaven and pour out so much blessing
that there will not be room enough to
store it. 11 I will prevent pests from
devouring your crops, and the vines in
your fields will not drop their fruit before it
is ripe,” says the Lord Almighty. 12 “Then all
the nations will call you blessed, for yours
will be a delightful land,” says the Lord
Almighty.

22. Tithe is following
God’s law.
No one is rewarded by
following the law as the
benefit of it comes through
obedience.
Offering is giving beyond
the usual. It is directed by
love in your heart.
When you give expecting
something in return it is
called harvest. Harvest is
what the devourer
comes for.

23. Malachi 3:11
11 I will prevent pests from devouring your
crops, and the vines in your fields will not
drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the
Lord Almighty.

24. Devourer

25. John 10:10
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill
and destroy; I have come that they may
have life, and have it to the full.

26. When you give without
expecting something in
return it is not harvest. It
is a blessing.
Godly blessings are
unrecognized by the
devourer.

27. Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the LORD makes a person
rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

28. Mark 14:6-7
4 Some of those present were saying
indignantly to one another, “Why this
waste of perfume? 5 “It could have been
sold for a year’s wages and the money
given to the poor!” So they scolded her
harshly.
6 But Jesus replied, “Leave her alone.
Why criticize her for doing such a good
thing to me? 7 You will always have the
poor among you, and you can help them
whenever you want to. But you will not
always have me.

29. Irrational generosity is a
special act of worship that
pleases God.
When you see an
opportunity, don’t think
twice – seize it, because
you will never know when
you will have it again.

30. (3)
Settle it in your
heart.

31. Every issue of Kingdom is
an issue of the heart.
Every issue of the heart is
an issue of Lordship.

32. Mark 14:8-9
8 She has done what she could and has
anointed my body for burial ahead of
time. 9 I tell you the truth, wherever the
Good News is preached throughout the
world, this woman’s deed will be
remembered and discussed.”
God is not asking for what we
don’t have.
Your generosity will determine
your LEGACY

33. FCC Worship Center

34. When you are settled in
the Lord, you settle
everything in your heart.
Irrational generosity means
settling in the Lordship of
Jesus Christ.
Trusting God
for everything
God will prepare you for
every opportunity that you
settle in your heart.
Every opportunity to give
is an opportunity to be
blessed.
Each time you see, seize,
and settle an opportunity
to give determines the
legacy you want to leave.

35. Mark 14:10-11
10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve
disciples, went to the leading priests to
arrange to betray Jesus to them. 11 They
were delighted when they heard why he
had come, and they promised to give him
money. So he began looking for an
opportunity to betray Jesus.

36. Isaiah 59:19
19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord
from the west, and his glory from the rising
of the sun. When the enemy shall come
in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord
shall lift up a standard against him.

37. FAITHWORKS CHRISTIAN CHURCH GLOBAL
Presented By:
Ptr. Alvin Gutierrez
FCC Main San Mateo, Rizal, PH
10AM Morning Service
October 15, 2017