Generosity in Scripture starts in the heart, long before it ever shows up in a checkbook. This plan spends five days building that posture.
Day 1 — The Widow’s Two Coins
Read Mark 12:41-44.
Jesus praises the poor widow’s small offering above the large gifts of the wealthy, because she gave “out of her poverty… all she had to live on.” Generosity is measured by sacrifice, not size.
Try this: What would sacrificial giving — not just comfortable giving — look like for you?
Day 2 — A Cheerful Giver
Read 2 Corinthians 9:6-8.
“God loves a cheerful giver.” Paul is explicit that reluctant or compelled giving misses the point — the heart behind the gift matters as much as the gift itself.
Try this: Notice your own heart the next time you give something. Is it cheerful, or resentful?
Day 3 — It Is More Blessed to Give
Read Acts 20:35 and Proverbs 11:24-25.
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Generosity isn’t described as a loss — Proverbs even pictures it paradoxically as a kind of increase: “one who waters will himself be watered.”
Try this: Give something away today expecting nothing back, and notice what it does in you.
Day 4 — Generosity With Time and Attention
Read Galatians 6:2 and Hebrews 13:16.
Generosity isn’t only financial — bearing another’s burdens, sharing what you have, doing good, are all named as sacrifices pleasing to God.
Try this: Be generous today with your time or attention toward someone who needs it, not just your wallet.
Day 5 — Storing Up Treasure in Heaven
Read Matthew 6:19-21.
“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Jesus ties generosity directly to where your heart is oriented — giving isn’t just an action, it’s a statement about what you actually value.
Try this: Look at where your resources have gone this past month. What does it say about where your treasure currently is?
Closing thought: Generosity isn’t primarily a financial strategy — it’s a heart continually being reoriented away from self-protection and toward trust in a God who already gave everything.