Sharing Your Stuff: Why It Is More Blessed to Give Than to Receive
When a friend asks to borrow your kid's favorite thing, the next sentence either grows the friendship or shrinks it. Through Acts 20:35, where Paul quotes Jesus saying it is more blessed to give than to receive, kids learn three simple sharing moves to try this weekend.
For Parents
Your kid guards their stuff. The new scooter, the controller, the trading cards, that's their world, and the instinct is to protect it. This episode walks them through one verse where Jesus says it is more blessed to give than to receive, then hands them three small sharing moves to try this weekend: say yes fast, offer before a friend even asks, and actually use the thing together instead of letting it sit. You don't have to lecture. Just ask them this weekend what they would let a friend borrow.
The One Thing for the Ride
“Letting someone borrow your stuff costs nothing and gives a lot.”
Scripture
Acts 20:35
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Key Takeaways
- Letting someone borrow your stuff costs nothing and gives a lot.
- In Acts 20:35 Paul quotes Jesus saying it is more blessed to give than to receive.
- Making yes the instinct, instead of 'maybe later,' is the first sharing move.
- Offering something before a friend even asks is generosity they will remember.
- Stuff that sits in a drawer doesn't bless anybody, so use it up together.
Try This Week
- The instinct yes: when a friend asks to borrow something, make yes your first answer instead of 'maybe later.'
- The offer before they ask: if you notice a friend looking at something of yours, hand it over before they even have to ask.
- The use it up move: don't let your favorite stuff just sit in a drawer. Pull it out and use it together with a friend this weekend.
Talk It Over
What is something of yours you could let a friend borrow this weekend, and who would you offer it to?