{"id":302945,"date":"2014-02-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/i-like-being-generous\/"},"modified":"2014-02-21T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T17:00:00","slug":"i-like-being-generous","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/i-like-being-generous\/","title":{"rendered":"I Like Being Generous"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad Formsma, talks about a gift-giving opportunity that gave him enormous satisfaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2014-02-21.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:","filesize":"20.93M","filesize_raw":"21950880","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2806],"tags":[4285],"podcast_series":[7874],"cwp_profile":[3430],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-302945","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spiritual-development","tag-generosity","podcast_series-teaching-generosity-to-your-family","cwp_profile-brad-formsma","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/302945\/i-like-being-generous","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/302945\/i-like-being-generous","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pZirs0TKEB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/i-like-being-generous\/\">I Like Being Generous<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/i-like-being-generous\/embed\/#?secret=pZirs0TKEB\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;I Like Being Generous&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"pZirs0TKEB\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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If not, Brad Formsma says there is a paradigm shift that may need to occur in your thinking.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>It is all His\u2014and we get to be involved. We get to give into His kingdom\u2014we get to do for other people. Yet, I think we\u2019ve got it a little bit backwards\u2014where we\u2019ve kind of pushed the duty and the obligation side of giving. That\u2019s not what He\u2019s talking about when He\u2019s talking about, \u201cI love a cheerful giver.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Friday, February 21<sup>st<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. Be honest. Are you a grudging giver or a cheerful giver? We\u2019re going to talk about generosity today. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Friday edition. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Bob, I\u2019ve got a question for all three of us, here in the studio.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Alright.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We\u2019ve got a guest, Brad Formsma, who joins us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Brad\u2014welcome back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Brad works with Generous Giving, which is an organization out of Chattanooga, Tennessee, that wants to encourage people to give, give more, and give more often. He and his wife Laura have three children. They started a campaign called \u201cI Like Giving\u201d, back in 2010, to inspire people to <em>live<\/em> generously.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s my question. I have a verse I want to read after we answer this question: \u201cWhat is a gift that you have given that really stands out as one that brought you enormous satisfaction in giving?\u201d It can be big or small; but since I\u2019ve had a chance to be thinking about it while you guys haven\u2019t, I\u2019m going to go first.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was coming out of church\u2014this has to be 30 years ago. Barbara and I had six children. We didn\u2019t have a lot of money. We\u2019d heard a pitch, at the youth group that our kids were in, that some of the kids were going to go on a summer mission trip. I was walking out to the car; and a young man\u2014a boy\u2014came up to me and said, \u201cMr. Rainey, would you be willing to buy this Saran Wrap<sup>\u2122<\/sup>?\u201d\u2014or wrapping paper, or something like that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was like\u2014you know\u2014I looked at him and said: \u201cNo. I don\u2019t want any of the paper. I just want to give.\u201d I pulled out my checkbook, and I think it was 30 bucks. I walked on a few steps, out to my car, and was fiddling with my keys to get all our kids in the car. This mom approaches me. She comes over, and her son is kind of trailing behind her\u2014the young man that I\u2019d said I would help him get to this thing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe said: \u201cI want to thank you for your gift. I\u2019m a single-parent mom. I didn\u2019t think there was any way my son could be able to go on this trip. Your gift has really helped set him in the right direction. I just want to thank you.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI could have given $500, $1,000\u2014it wasn\u2019t the amount. It was that\u2014for once\u2014this is my big idea that I got out of this\u2014for once, I feel like, at that point, I had really heard from God and done something that pleased Him\u2014that He wanted me to do. That was my assignment for the moment. That\u2019s a good feeling! That\u2019s a satisfying feeling. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlright, you guys. Can you think of a favorite gift you\u2019ve given?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You got yours, Brad?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>I do. It makes me think of the time I was reading the passage about widows and orphans. I thought, \u201cI just don\u2019t know a widow.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWeeks later, I was at the place, getting my hair cut. The lady is washing my hair. I\u2019ve known her for a number of years; and I said, \u201cHow would I meet a widow?\u201d She said, \u201cWell, I cut a lot of their hair.\u201d I said, \u201cWell, do any of them need anything?\u201d\u00a0 She said, \u201cOh, my goodness; absolutely.\u201d I said, \u201cWell, you pray about who you want to introduce me to.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWeeks later, she sends me a text with a lady by the name of Evelyn. At the time, Evelyn is 90. Today, Evelyn is 95. That has turned into one of the most amazing relationships. For three years, I never met her. We would just send money, as a family, to her, every other month. We found out she was a giver. She was giving rides to people. She was at the vet home, volunteering. She\u2019s giving her life away. She was willing to stop doing medicine because she didn\u2019t want to stop giving. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, three years, after sending her checks in the mail\u2014blindly, of course\u2014no tax deduction and no benefit like that\u2014but just wanting to follow the Lord\u2019s leading on this\u2014we met for lunch. Oh, my word! What a <em>delightful<\/em> lady. She looked at me and she said: \u201cI just want to <em>thank you<\/em>. Thank you for being a part of my life. You\u2019re an angel.\u201d I said, \u201cI want to thank you for being available!\u201d Our kids, now, have gotten to know Evelyn. She\u2019s part of our family. She will spend a half-hour writing a brief thank you note because of her arthritis. I save every one of those. What a lady!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You know, as I was thinking about your question, I went back to\u2014had to be 1986\/ \u201987\/ \u201988 \u2014around in there. I don\u2019t know what prompted me to do this, but it was nearing the end of the year. I was just reflecting on the year and thought: \u201cWhat has God used in my life this year to help me grow? How am I better today? Who has God used in that regard?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat year, I had read Chuck Colson\u2019s book, <em>Kingdoms in Conflict<\/em>. It was one of those books that was very helpful in helping me think through the kingdom of God, and the kingdom of man and politics, and, \u201cHow does all that work together?\u201d I thought: \u201cYou know what? I\u2019m just going to send him a check, with a little note that said, \u2018I read your book this year.\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI didn\u2019t know Chuck Colson. I had read his book. It had an impact in my life; and I thought: \u201cI\u2019m just going to send him a check and say, \u2018Thanks for writing the book. God used it. Here, do whatever you want to with this money.\u2019\u201d I think I wrote a check for $75, which again\u2014big deal, back then\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes; right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014and mailed it off. There was an address, in the back, to write to Chuck Colson. I sent him the $75, and that was it. Well, I got a note back\u2014a letter back from Chuck Colson, saying: \u201cThank you for the check. I appreciate your kind words.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe said: \u201cI wanted you to know that I have given the money to Prison Fellowship, the ministry that I helped to found. I just turned the check over to them\u2014to help prisoners.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFirst of all, getting a note back from Chuck Colson\u2014that was kind of cool; but, then, to see that he had taken it\u2014it didn\u2019t stick to his fingers. He just passed it on to do more ministry with. That kind of began a pattern for me, of every year, stopping and saying, \u201cOkay, what\u2019s God used in my life; and how can I tangibly say, \u2018Thank you,\u2019 by investing there?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Bob, you know, I came to you\u2014wanting to interview Brad and talk with him because he\u2019s all about generous <em>living<\/em>. He\u2019s about encouraging us to think about other people. I just thought: \u201cI need that. Our audience needs that. This culture needs that.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, I want to read a passage of Scripture that I\u2019ve already read this week, Second Corinthians, Chapter 9, verse 6:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThe point is this\u2014whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow Brad, you\u2019ve got a comment on that last phrase, \u201cGod loves a cheerful giver.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>I\u2019ve often heard it said that that statement, \u201cGod loves a cheerful giver,\u201d is the only time in the New Testament where He tells us specifically what He loves. His nature of giving\u2014I believe it\u2019s baked into every one of us to want to do for other people. We live in a society that spends hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars getting us to buy things that we don\u2019t need\u2014getting us to be obligated\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tdebt\u2014busy\u2014all these things come into play. They steal the opportunities for us to give and do for other people.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This whole idea of cheerful giving\u2014I\u2019ve read books\u2014like, I read a book, recently, that said that we spend more money, as a nation, on pet food than we do on world missions. You read that and you go, \u201cWell, that\u2019s wrong!\u201d Then, you start to feel guilty: \u201cWell, I bought a bag of cat food. I don\u2019t want my cat to starve. I guess I need to be doing\u201d\u2014but guilt shouldn\u2019t be our motivation; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>Exactly. As a matter of fact, the recent surveys, that I\u2019ve read, talk about, when asked, \u201cWhere do you experience the least amount of joy in your giving?\u201d\u2014it\u2019s tied to the local church. It makes me so sad because there\u2019s a reality that it is all His\u2014and we get to be involved. We get to give into His kingdom\u2014we get to do for other people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYet, I think, we\u2019ve got it a little bit backwards\u2014where we\u2019ve kind of pushed the duty and the obligation side of giving. That\u2019s not what He\u2019s talking about when He\u2019s talking about, \u201cI love a cheerful giver.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>As you were talking, I was thinking, \u201cIf we enjoyed it, then we\u2019d be practicing it more often.\u201d I ran across this quote that said that giving by North American church-goers was higher during the Great Depression than it is now. It was 3.3 percent of per capita income given in 1933, in the <em>middle<\/em> of the Great Depression. Today it\u2019s 2.5 percent of per capita income. It\u2019s clear\u2014we\u2019re not enjoying our giving. We\u2019re giving less, and yet we have more. Is the <em>more<\/em> choking out the giving\u2014do you think?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>I think, as we talked earlier about debt and busy\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\twhen we get obligated, it really causes a strain on our ability to spontaneously do for other people\u2014when there\u2019s that spirit of worry about: \u201cAm I going to have enough? I\u2019ve got these obligations.\u201d You can have a strong impression from the Lord of where to give; but if there\u2019s so much debt and so much obligation, wrapped up into your personal life\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor me, that\u2019s something I champion a lot\u2014of just saying in our own life and in other people\u2019s lives: \u201cWhat\u2019s going on, here, in the checkbook? Are we putting ourselves in a position to be used by God to do for other people; or have we, ourselves, gotten so obligated that, even if we had an audible voice, we couldn\u2019t do it?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You\u2019ve created a website called I Like Giving. It\u2019s actually a campaign, where you\u2019re calling families, of all kinds\u2014whether you make a little, a good amount, or a lot\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tto just engage your kids in the process of giving and make them a part of it. Is there a story, around that, that your kids have participated in that illustrates this\u2014how it works?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>Yes. Shortly after we launched ILikeGiving.com\u2014and, really, the reason behind starting ILikeGiving.com is this message of, \u201c\u2019It\u2019s better to give than receive\u2019 is for everyone.\u201d So, whether it\u2019s your children, or whether it\u2019s your teenagers, or your college students, parents, grandparents\u2014it\u2019s all of us. I think it\u2019s easy to think, \u201cGiving\u2014I need to be rich;\u201d and yet, it\u2019s for all of us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe other day, I had a story submitted onto the \u201cI Like Giving\u201d site. The big idea with I Like Giving is create your own story and share it\u2014not in a bragging way\u2014but this idea that we let our light shine before men so that they can see our good deeds\u2014this idea that we can spur each other on. That\u2019s what it\u2019s about.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had a story that came in called \u201cI Like Laundry.\u201d It was a University of Michigan student. In the busy-ness of college life, she was doing her laundry. It got late in the day, and she had forgotten about a load in the wash machine. The next morning, she woke up and had that panicked feeling like: \u201cOh no! I\u2019m not in a good place here. My clothes are in a wash machine somewhere, on a campus, where there\u2019s potential for theft.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe ran down to the laundry facility, only to find the clothes perfectly folded with a note on the top that said, \u201cI hope this makes your day.\u201d Someone had taken the time and money to take it out of the washer, into the dryer, dry it, fold it, and then write the little note. She just submitted \u201cI Like Laundry.\u201d Well, what an inspiring little story!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. You don\u2019t have to give money.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. She paid two bucks to dry somebody else\u2019s clothes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDo you think she\u2019ll ever tell anybody about what she experienced on the receiving end? See, I always say: \u201cMany of us haven\u2019t experienced the joy of giving or receiving\u2014ever or in a long time. There\u2019s something very powerful about being able to receive from someone else. There\u2019s something <em>really<\/em> powerful of doing for someone else, without expecting anything in return.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We always think about giving money, and that\u2019s a limited resource. One of the things we don\u2019t have a lot of is time, but we can do things. On your website, you have ideas for giving. I copied these off; and I thought, \u201cThis would make a great exercise for a family to make a list of 15 ways your family can give because you\u2019ve got 14 here.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll not read all of them; but the first one was, \u201cHelp someone with their luggage.\u201d Another one: \u201cPay for a cup of coffee for the person behind you, or a Coke, maybe in McDonalds<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, as you\u2019re going through it.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cPay for the deductible for someone else at the body shop.\u201d Notice\u2014you said, \u201c...someone else...\u201d because you may have to pay for it yourself, too. \u201cLeave 100 percent of your dinner bill as a tip.\u201d In other words, pay for it and then pay for it again, as a tip for the wait-person who served you. \u201cSign up to serve a night at your local soup kitchen.\u201d That\u2019d be a good one for a family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then one more\u2014I like this one: \u201cCarry either a $5-, a $10-, a $20- or a $50-bill with you, each month. Then, give it to a complete stranger.\u201d Now, do you know what that would do for me\u2014if I had a wad of ones, or ten fives in my pocket? All of a sudden, my antenna would be up\u2014about thinking about giving. That\u2019s what Second Corinthians 9:7\u2014it says, \u201cEach one must give as he has made up his mind.\u201d We\u2019ve got to be focused on giving. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. It is a habit change. Chances are you haven\u2019t been doing this. So, don\u2019t think: \u201cI\u2019m going to do it once,\u201d or, \u201cWe\u2019re going to have a one-time family-giving event.\u201d Make a point to say, \u201cFor the next month\u2026\u201d or, \u201c\u2026two months, we\u2019re going to be intentional on giving.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think, of those ideas for giving we talked about\u2014giving up your first-class seat. Someone sent in a story, \u201cI Like Coach.\u201d They talked about sitting in the area with the Delta agent, and a blind man was there. He got that feeling: \u201cOh, no. I read that on ILikeGiving.com. I think this is my time.\u201d He went up to the agent and said, \u201cI want to give up my seat.\u201d The agent sat back and said: \u2018Who are you? You want to do what?\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s so foreign to so many people\u2014this idea that we\u2019re going to give something up. Yet, he explains in his story\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\twhen he walked past that first-class seat and saw the blind gentleman sitting there,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, my! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>\u2014his feet didn\u2019t hit the ground. What\u2019s interesting is\u2014he tells later on in the story\u2014that they treated him like he was in first-class, way in the back of the bus. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, I want you to know, Brad, I really appreciate your emphasis here and your work with Generous Giving. I think every generation has its Achilles heel. I wonder if our generation, despite us being fairly generous, couldn\u2019t have done more and maybe cut back a little bit on our lifestyles and practiced sacrificial giving\u2014and maybe, giving that goes outside of the tax deduction, where you don\u2019t get the receipt\u2014but it\u2019s just encouraging someone. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think out of all the stuff that you\u2019ve done, and how you\u2019ve encouraged people to give, that\u2019s one of your best thoughts\u2014is just encouraging people to help in the little matters\u2014like looking someone in the eye, and giving them a compliment: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThank you for your work and your service.\u201d I\u2019ve been doing this with TSA agents. It\u2019s really interesting because they don\u2019t get a lot of compliments! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>I often think about a generous person\u2014\u201cI\u2019ve never met a bitter, angry, generous person.\u201d I tend to meet people, who are generous; and they never say, \u201cI tried being generous, and I\u2019m going to go back to being stingy.\u201d They become more generous. There is some barrier out there that is holding people back from going out and trying to do it. I would say: \u201cWhen you go out and create your own story, don\u2019t be discouraged if it doesn\u2019t work out. Keep pushing.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s so clear that it\u2019s what the Lord would have us do. It\u2019s an amazing way to share what He\u2019s done in our lives through these actions. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI grew up in this whole Reformed environment, where there was such a strong messaging on \u201cYou can\u2019t get saved by works.\u201d We kept hearing, \u201cWell, then, don\u2019t do anything for anybody else.\u201d That\u2019s kind of what comes through, in a way; but yet, there\u2019s such a significant component to us <em>doing<\/em> for others.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, here\u2019s the assignment for all our listeners. <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>is all about bringing timeless principles home to individual homes and helping folks apply them. I want you and your family to sit down, or you and your husband, or if you\u2019re a single person, you just pull out and write yourself an email and say, \u201cOver the next month,\u201d\u2014you fill in the blank\u2014\u201cI want to exercise blank number of giving opportunities.\u201d \u201cI just want to give.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt could be some of these things we\u2019re talking about\u2014helping somebody with their luggage, a compliment to someone, thanking someone for their service\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tor it could be putting a $5-bill or a $10-bill or a $100-bill in somebody\u2019s hand\u2014who needs it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tInstead of making it an event\u2014which I think that\u2019s a good point, Brad, not just, \u201cWell, we did that, so now we\u2019re done for this year,\u201d\u2014but try to turn it into a habit, over the next 30 days: \u201cHow many times are you going to do that?\u201d I\u2019m going to do that with Barbara and, at some point in the future, I\u2019ll report back in.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It would be great, too, if listeners, after they do that, would jot us a note\u2014send us an email\u2014let us know about some of your giving opportunities, how you executed those, and how you saw God at work in the midst of that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes; right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>The way we have our website set up is for people to send in their own \u201cI Like\u201d stories, and then they\u2019re on the website. What they do is encourage other people. You have no idea, when you send in your \u201cI Like Laundry\u201d story, how other people will be impacted. People get inspired through other stories.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and you\u2019ve collected a bunch of these stories, now, in the book that you\u2019ve put together\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tcalled <em>I Like Giving<\/em>, which is a book that we have in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. Of course, the videos that you created are also up on your website. So, folks come to FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014they can order a copy of your book and read some of these stories to the family at the breakfast table or at the dinner table. Or they can watch some of these videos, together as a family, and get inspired, together, to be givers. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Look for information about Brad Formsma\u2019s book, <em>I Like Giving<\/em>, or for a link to the I Like Giving website, where you\u2019ll find the videos that we\u2019ve talked about today. Again, our website: FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can order the book from us by calling 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY\u201d.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, we talk about this subject of giving; and I can\u2019t help but think of the hundreds of couples\u2014hundreds of families, all around the country\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\twho have said, \u201c<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is important enough to us that we\u2019re going to give to make sure that the mission that FamilyLife is involved\u2014the mission of effectively developing godly marriages and families who can change the world one home at a time.\u201d You guys, who are Legacy Partners, or those of you who donate, from time to time, to this ministry\u2014you\u2019re partners with us in trying to make that happen in this country and all around the world. We appreciate your partnership with us. We are grateful that you like giving and that you have demonstrated that in your support of this ministry.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis month, if you\u2019re able to help with a donation to support <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, we\u2019d like to give back to you. We\u2019d like to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by sending you a couple of CDs that feature a conversation we had with Pastor Mark Driscoll and his wife Grace, talking about some of the challenges they faced in the early years of their relationship and in the early years of their marriage. I think you\u2019ll find their transparency is both refreshing and helpful. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019d love to send the CDs to you as a way of saying, \u201cThank you for your support of the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the button that says, \u201cI CARE\u201d, and you can make an online donation; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY, make a donation over the phone. When you call, you\u2019ll need to let us know that you want the CDs with Mark and Grace Driscoll. If you donate, online, we\u2019ll make arrangements, automatically, to get those CDs sent to you. If you\u2019d prefer to write a check and mail it to us, our mailing address is: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tP O Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and the zip code is 72223. Again, include a note\u2014let us know that you\u2019d like the CDs with Mark and Grace Driscoll, and we\u2019re happy to send those out to you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe hope you have a great weekend. Hope you and your family are able to worship together this weekend. And I hope you can join us on Monday. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019ve ever wondered: \u201cHow do I explain the idea of justification to my five-year-old?\u201d or, \u201cDo I need to wait till they get older for them to understand substitutionary atonement?\u201d \u201cWhat about some of the other challenging theological truths that are found in God\u2019s Word?\u201d\u2014Susan Hunt\u2019s going to be with us on Monday. We\u2019re going to talk about how we can teach big truths to little kids. I hope you can be here for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. 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Formsma, talks about a gift-giving opportunity that gave him enormous satisfaction.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2014-02-21.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Are you a cheerful, joyful giver? If not, Brad Formsma says there is a paradigm shift that may need to occur in your thinking.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>It is all His\u2014and we get to be involved. We get to give into His kingdom\u2014we get to do for other people. Yet, I think we\u2019ve got it a little bit backwards\u2014where we\u2019ve kind of pushed the duty and the obligation side of giving. That\u2019s not what He\u2019s talking about when He\u2019s talking about, \u201cI love a cheerful giver.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Friday, February 21<sup>st<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. Be honest. Are you a grudging giver or a cheerful giver? We\u2019re going to talk about generosity today. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Friday edition. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Bob, I\u2019ve got a question for all three of us, here in the studio.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Alright.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We\u2019ve got a guest, Brad Formsma, who joins us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Brad\u2014welcome back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Brad works with Generous Giving, which is an organization out of Chattanooga, Tennessee, that wants to encourage people to give, give more, and give more often. He and his wife Laura have three children. They started a campaign called \u201cI Like Giving\u201d, back in 2010, to inspire people to <em>live<\/em> generously.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s my question. I have a verse I want to read after we answer this question: \u201cWhat is a gift that you have given that really stands out as one that brought you enormous satisfaction in giving?\u201d It can be big or small; but since I\u2019ve had a chance to be thinking about it while you guys haven\u2019t, I\u2019m going to go first.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was coming out of church\u2014this has to be 30 years ago. Barbara and I had six children. We didn\u2019t have a lot of money. We\u2019d heard a pitch, at the youth group that our kids were in, that some of the kids were going to go on a summer mission trip. I was walking out to the car; and a young man\u2014a boy\u2014came up to me and said, \u201cMr. Rainey, would you be willing to buy this Saran Wrap<sup>\u2122<\/sup>?\u201d\u2014or wrapping paper, or something like that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was like\u2014you know\u2014I looked at him and said: \u201cNo. I don\u2019t want any of the paper. I just want to give.\u201d I pulled out my checkbook, and I think it was 30 bucks. I walked on a few steps, out to my car, and was fiddling with my keys to get all our kids in the car. This mom approaches me. She comes over, and her son is kind of trailing behind her\u2014the young man that I\u2019d said I would help him get to this thing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe said: \u201cI want to thank you for your gift. I\u2019m a single-parent mom. I didn\u2019t think there was any way my son could be able to go on this trip. Your gift has really helped set him in the right direction. I just want to thank you.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI could have given $500, $1,000\u2014it wasn\u2019t the amount. It was that\u2014for once\u2014this is my big idea that I got out of this\u2014for once, I feel like, at that point, I had really heard from God and done something that pleased Him\u2014that He wanted me to do. That was my assignment for the moment. That\u2019s a good feeling! That\u2019s a satisfying feeling. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlright, you guys. Can you think of a favorite gift you\u2019ve given?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You got yours, Brad?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>I do. It makes me think of the time I was reading the passage about widows and orphans. I thought, \u201cI just don\u2019t know a widow.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWeeks later, I was at the place, getting my hair cut. The lady is washing my hair. I\u2019ve known her for a number of years; and I said, \u201cHow would I meet a widow?\u201d She said, \u201cWell, I cut a lot of their hair.\u201d I said, \u201cWell, do any of them need anything?\u201d\u00a0 She said, \u201cOh, my goodness; absolutely.\u201d I said, \u201cWell, you pray about who you want to introduce me to.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWeeks later, she sends me a text with a lady by the name of Evelyn. At the time, Evelyn is 90. Today, Evelyn is 95. That has turned into one of the most amazing relationships. For three years, I never met her. We would just send money, as a family, to her, every other month. We found out she was a giver. She was giving rides to people. She was at the vet home, volunteering. She\u2019s giving her life away. She was willing to stop doing medicine because she didn\u2019t want to stop giving. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, three years, after sending her checks in the mail\u2014blindly, of course\u2014no tax deduction and no benefit like that\u2014but just wanting to follow the Lord\u2019s leading on this\u2014we met for lunch. Oh, my word! What a <em>delightful<\/em> lady. She looked at me and she said: \u201cI just want to <em>thank you<\/em>. Thank you for being a part of my life. You\u2019re an angel.\u201d I said, \u201cI want to thank you for being available!\u201d Our kids, now, have gotten to know Evelyn. She\u2019s part of our family. She will spend a half-hour writing a brief thank you note because of her arthritis. I save every one of those. 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I appreciate your kind words.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe said: \u201cI wanted you to know that I have given the money to Prison Fellowship, the ministry that I helped to found. I just turned the check over to them\u2014to help prisoners.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFirst of all, getting a note back from Chuck Colson\u2014that was kind of cool; but, then, to see that he had taken it\u2014it didn\u2019t stick to his fingers. He just passed it on to do more ministry with. That kind of began a pattern for me, of every year, stopping and saying, \u201cOkay, what\u2019s God used in my life; and how can I tangibly say, \u2018Thank you,\u2019 by investing there?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Bob, you know, I came to you\u2014wanting to interview Brad and talk with him because he\u2019s all about generous <em>living<\/em>. He\u2019s about encouraging us to think about other people. I just thought: \u201cI need that. Our audience needs that. This culture needs that.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, I want to read a passage of Scripture that I\u2019ve already read this week, Second Corinthians, Chapter 9, verse 6:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThe point is this\u2014whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow Brad, you\u2019ve got a comment on that last phrase, \u201cGod loves a cheerful giver.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>I\u2019ve often heard it said that that statement, \u201cGod loves a cheerful giver,\u201d is the only time in the New Testament where He tells us specifically what He loves. His nature of giving\u2014I believe it\u2019s baked into every one of us to want to do for other people. We live in a society that spends hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars getting us to buy things that we don\u2019t need\u2014getting us to be obligated\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tdebt\u2014busy\u2014all these things come into play. They steal the opportunities for us to give and do for other people.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This whole idea of cheerful giving\u2014I\u2019ve read books\u2014like, I read a book, recently, that said that we spend more money, as a nation, on pet food than we do on world missions. You read that and you go, \u201cWell, that\u2019s wrong!\u201d Then, you start to feel guilty: \u201cWell, I bought a bag of cat food. I don\u2019t want my cat to starve. I guess I need to be doing\u201d\u2014but guilt shouldn\u2019t be our motivation; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>Exactly. As a matter of fact, the recent surveys, that I\u2019ve read, talk about, when asked, \u201cWhere do you experience the least amount of joy in your giving?\u201d\u2014it\u2019s tied to the local church. It makes me so sad because there\u2019s a reality that it is all His\u2014and we get to be involved. We get to give into His kingdom\u2014we get to do for other people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYet, I think, we\u2019ve got it a little bit backwards\u2014where we\u2019ve kind of pushed the duty and the obligation side of giving. That\u2019s not what He\u2019s talking about when He\u2019s talking about, \u201cI love a cheerful giver.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>As you were talking, I was thinking, \u201cIf we enjoyed it, then we\u2019d be practicing it more often.\u201d I ran across this quote that said that giving by North American church-goers was higher during the Great Depression than it is now. It was 3.3 percent of per capita income given in 1933, in the <em>middle<\/em> of the Great Depression. Today it\u2019s 2.5 percent of per capita income. It\u2019s clear\u2014we\u2019re not enjoying our giving. We\u2019re giving less, and yet we have more. Is the <em>more<\/em> choking out the giving\u2014do you think?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>I think, as we talked earlier about debt and busy\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\twhen we get obligated, it really causes a strain on our ability to spontaneously do for other people\u2014when there\u2019s that spirit of worry about: \u201cAm I going to have enough? I\u2019ve got these obligations.\u201d You can have a strong impression from the Lord of where to give; but if there\u2019s so much debt and so much obligation, wrapped up into your personal life\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor me, that\u2019s something I champion a lot\u2014of just saying in our own life and in other people\u2019s lives: \u201cWhat\u2019s going on, here, in the checkbook? Are we putting ourselves in a position to be used by God to do for other people; or have we, ourselves, gotten so obligated that, even if we had an audible voice, we couldn\u2019t do it?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You\u2019ve created a website called I Like Giving. It\u2019s actually a campaign, where you\u2019re calling families, of all kinds\u2014whether you make a little, a good amount, or a lot\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tto just engage your kids in the process of giving and make them a part of it. Is there a story, around that, that your kids have participated in that illustrates this\u2014how it works?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>Yes. Shortly after we launched ILikeGiving.com\u2014and, really, the reason behind starting ILikeGiving.com is this message of, \u201c\u2019It\u2019s better to give than receive\u2019 is for everyone.\u201d So, whether it\u2019s your children, or whether it\u2019s your teenagers, or your college students, parents, grandparents\u2014it\u2019s all of us. I think it\u2019s easy to think, \u201cGiving\u2014I need to be rich;\u201d and yet, it\u2019s for all of us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe other day, I had a story submitted onto the \u201cI Like Giving\u201d site. The big idea with I Like Giving is create your own story and share it\u2014not in a bragging way\u2014but this idea that we let our light shine before men so that they can see our good deeds\u2014this idea that we can spur each other on. That\u2019s what it\u2019s about.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had a story that came in called \u201cI Like Laundry.\u201d It was a University of Michigan student. In the busy-ness of college life, she was doing her laundry. It got late in the day, and she had forgotten about a load in the wash machine. The next morning, she woke up and had that panicked feeling like: \u201cOh no! I\u2019m not in a good place here. My clothes are in a wash machine somewhere, on a campus, where there\u2019s potential for theft.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe ran down to the laundry facility, only to find the clothes perfectly folded with a note on the top that said, \u201cI hope this makes your day.\u201d Someone had taken the time and money to take it out of the washer, into the dryer, dry it, fold it, and then write the little note. She just submitted \u201cI Like Laundry.\u201d Well, what an inspiring little story!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. You don\u2019t have to give money.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. She paid two bucks to dry somebody else\u2019s clothes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDo you think she\u2019ll ever tell anybody about what she experienced on the receiving end? See, I always say: \u201cMany of us haven\u2019t experienced the joy of giving or receiving\u2014ever or in a long time. There\u2019s something very powerful about being able to receive from someone else. There\u2019s something <em>really<\/em> powerful of doing for someone else, without expecting anything in return.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We always think about giving money, and that\u2019s a limited resource. One of the things we don\u2019t have a lot of is time, but we can do things. On your website, you have ideas for giving. I copied these off; and I thought, \u201cThis would make a great exercise for a family to make a list of 15 ways your family can give because you\u2019ve got 14 here.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll not read all of them; but the first one was, \u201cHelp someone with their luggage.\u201d Another one: \u201cPay for a cup of coffee for the person behind you, or a Coke, maybe in McDonalds<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, as you\u2019re going through it.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cPay for the deductible for someone else at the body shop.\u201d Notice\u2014you said, \u201c...someone else...\u201d because you may have to pay for it yourself, too. \u201cLeave 100 percent of your dinner bill as a tip.\u201d In other words, pay for it and then pay for it again, as a tip for the wait-person who served you. \u201cSign up to serve a night at your local soup kitchen.\u201d That\u2019d be a good one for a family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then one more\u2014I like this one: \u201cCarry either a $5-, a $10-, a $20- or a $50-bill with you, each month. Then, give it to a complete stranger.\u201d Now, do you know what that would do for me\u2014if I had a wad of ones, or ten fives in my pocket? All of a sudden, my antenna would be up\u2014about thinking about giving. That\u2019s what Second Corinthians 9:7\u2014it says, \u201cEach one must give as he has made up his mind.\u201d We\u2019ve got to be focused on giving. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. It is a habit change. Chances are you haven\u2019t been doing this. So, don\u2019t think: \u201cI\u2019m going to do it once,\u201d or, \u201cWe\u2019re going to have a one-time family-giving event.\u201d Make a point to say, \u201cFor the next month\u2026\u201d or, \u201c\u2026two months, we\u2019re going to be intentional on giving.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think, of those ideas for giving we talked about\u2014giving up your first-class seat. Someone sent in a story, \u201cI Like Coach.\u201d They talked about sitting in the area with the Delta agent, and a blind man was there. He got that feeling: \u201cOh, no. I read that on ILikeGiving.com. I think this is my time.\u201d He went up to the agent and said, \u201cI want to give up my seat.\u201d The agent sat back and said: \u2018Who are you? You want to do what?\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s so foreign to so many people\u2014this idea that we\u2019re going to give something up. Yet, he explains in his story\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\twhen he walked past that first-class seat and saw the blind gentleman sitting there,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, my! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>\u2014his feet didn\u2019t hit the ground. What\u2019s interesting is\u2014he tells later on in the story\u2014that they treated him like he was in first-class, way in the back of the bus. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, I want you to know, Brad, I really appreciate your emphasis here and your work with Generous Giving. I think every generation has its Achilles heel. I wonder if our generation, despite us being fairly generous, couldn\u2019t have done more and maybe cut back a little bit on our lifestyles and practiced sacrificial giving\u2014and maybe, giving that goes outside of the tax deduction, where you don\u2019t get the receipt\u2014but it\u2019s just encouraging someone. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think out of all the stuff that you\u2019ve done, and how you\u2019ve encouraged people to give, that\u2019s one of your best thoughts\u2014is just encouraging people to help in the little matters\u2014like looking someone in the eye, and giving them a compliment: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThank you for your work and your service.\u201d I\u2019ve been doing this with TSA agents. It\u2019s really interesting because they don\u2019t get a lot of compliments! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>I often think about a generous person\u2014\u201cI\u2019ve never met a bitter, angry, generous person.\u201d I tend to meet people, who are generous; and they never say, \u201cI tried being generous, and I\u2019m going to go back to being stingy.\u201d They become more generous. There is some barrier out there that is holding people back from going out and trying to do it. I would say: \u201cWhen you go out and create your own story, don\u2019t be discouraged if it doesn\u2019t work out. Keep pushing.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s so clear that it\u2019s what the Lord would have us do. It\u2019s an amazing way to share what He\u2019s done in our lives through these actions. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI grew up in this whole Reformed environment, where there was such a strong messaging on \u201cYou can\u2019t get saved by works.\u201d We kept hearing, \u201cWell, then, don\u2019t do anything for anybody else.\u201d That\u2019s kind of what comes through, in a way; but yet, there\u2019s such a significant component to us <em>doing<\/em> for others.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, here\u2019s the assignment for all our listeners. <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>is all about bringing timeless principles home to individual homes and helping folks apply them. I want you and your family to sit down, or you and your husband, or if you\u2019re a single person, you just pull out and write yourself an email and say, \u201cOver the next month,\u201d\u2014you fill in the blank\u2014\u201cI want to exercise blank number of giving opportunities.\u201d \u201cI just want to give.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt could be some of these things we\u2019re talking about\u2014helping somebody with their luggage, a compliment to someone, thanking someone for their service\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tor it could be putting a $5-bill or a $10-bill or a $100-bill in somebody\u2019s hand\u2014who needs it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tInstead of making it an event\u2014which I think that\u2019s a good point, Brad, not just, \u201cWell, we did that, so now we\u2019re done for this year,\u201d\u2014but try to turn it into a habit, over the next 30 days: \u201cHow many times are you going to do that?\u201d I\u2019m going to do that with Barbara and, at some point in the future, I\u2019ll report back in.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It would be great, too, if listeners, after they do that, would jot us a note\u2014send us an email\u2014let us know about some of your giving opportunities, how you executed those, and how you saw God at work in the midst of that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes; right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Brad: <\/strong>The way we have our website set up is for people to send in their own \u201cI Like\u201d stories, and then they\u2019re on the website. What they do is encourage other people. You have no idea, when you send in your \u201cI Like Laundry\u201d story, how other people will be impacted. People get inspired through other stories.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and you\u2019ve collected a bunch of these stories, now, in the book that you\u2019ve put together\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tcalled <em>I Like Giving<\/em>, which is a book that we have in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. Of course, the videos that you created are also up on your website. So, folks come to FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014they can order a copy of your book and read some of these stories to the family at the breakfast table or at the dinner table. Or they can watch some of these videos, together as a family, and get inspired, together, to be givers. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Look for information about Brad Formsma\u2019s book, <em>I Like Giving<\/em>, or for a link to the I Like Giving website, where you\u2019ll find the videos that we\u2019ve talked about today. Again, our website: FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can order the book from us by calling 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY\u201d.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, we talk about this subject of giving; and I can\u2019t help but think of the hundreds of couples\u2014hundreds of families, all around the country\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\twho have said, \u201c<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is important enough to us that we\u2019re going to give to make sure that the mission that FamilyLife is involved\u2014the mission of effectively developing godly marriages and families who can change the world one home at a time.\u201d You guys, who are Legacy Partners, or those of you who donate, from time to time, to this ministry\u2014you\u2019re partners with us in trying to make that happen in this country and all around the world. We appreciate your partnership with us. We are grateful that you like giving and that you have demonstrated that in your support of this ministry.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis month, if you\u2019re able to help with a donation to support <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, we\u2019d like to give back to you. We\u2019d like to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by sending you a couple of CDs that feature a conversation we had with Pastor Mark Driscoll and his wife Grace, talking about some of the challenges they faced in the early years of their relationship and in the early years of their marriage. I think you\u2019ll find their transparency is both refreshing and helpful. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019d love to send the CDs to you as a way of saying, \u201cThank you for your support of the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to FamilyLifeToday.com. 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And I hope you can join us on Monday. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019ve ever wondered: \u201cHow do I explain the idea of justification to my five-year-old?\u201d or, \u201cDo I need to wait till they get older for them to understand substitutionary atonement?\u201d \u201cWhat about some of the other challenging theological truths that are found in God\u2019s Word?\u201d\u2014Susan Hunt\u2019s going to be with us on Monday. We\u2019re going to talk about how we can teach big truths to little kids. I hope you can be here for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. 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