Lance Hickerson: Corresponding gratitude and imitative grace

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“As God has richly blessed us with sal­va­tion, and has added to this mate­r­ial pros­per­ity, we pray that our response would be one of cor­re­spond­ing grat­i­tude and imi­ta­tive grace. We there­fore encour­age all of our people to engage them­selves gladly in the work of the king­dom, extend­ing the kind­ness of Christ to oth­ers, just as the Father has extended it to us…”

Lance Hickerson, Senior Minister of Forest Home Church, Franklin, TN, in the Call to Action section of “On Eco­nomic Jus­tice: A State­ment of Under­stand­ing Regard­ing Finan­cial Bless­ings and their Application“.

While the entire document is worth reading, this call to action encompasses my prayer for Christ followers everywhere, and more specifically, those who listen to my preaching this weekend in multiple settings in Seoul and the students who sit under my teaching here at Torch Trinity.

May our response to God’s rich blessings be “corresponding gratitude and imitative grace” when our tendency linked to material prosperity is shrinking generosity and self-centeredness.