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Question: How generous are you with your time, money, energy?
⚡ F5 Fast Files — Short Summary
Giving multiplies. Your $20, hour of time, or act of service can become even more valuable in someone else’s life than it would in your own.
Don’t let “opportunity cost” turn into fear. Stewardship matters, but gripping too tightly kills generosity. Open palm mentality.
I was richly blessed this week by family, community, and brothers — small sacrifices from others became huge blessings to me.
The ultimate example: God did not hold back His Son. One perfect gift=> Infinite impact.
True Masculinity = service. Protect, provide, preside — all for someone else’s good.
Give boldly this season. It creates more than it costs.
🫶 A Week of Being Blessed
As we step into the holiday season, I’m overwhelmed with gratitude —
for God, for family, for this country, and for the men in this Brotherhood.
You are a real strength to me.
This last week, generosity has poured into my life:
Family members helping us move
A community showing up for the Rally for Ally 5K/Fun-Run
A neighbor donating a set of toys they're tired of that my kids will cherish.
Some of you even ordering the planner I made.
And I feel richly, deeply blessed.
💡 Giving Multiplies
When you give, your resource — time, money, presence — can become even more valuable in someone else’s life than it ever would in your own.
That’s the magnifying power of generosity.
My dad’s extra tank of gas saved me from renting a moving truck.
My siblings’ time saved me hours of labor.
A community’s $25 donations culminated into an outpouring of love, support, and a big monetary burden eased.
Even your planner purchases made a bigger impact on me than the $10 it cost you.
The same resource, once given, multiplies in value. Giving doesn’t diminish. It creates, completes, and connects.
That’s abundance: Not having more… but sharing more.
Even Christ’s parable of the talents teaches this — the servant who buried his resource lost it, while the ones who wisely invested it elsewhere were blessed.
💸 The Trap of Opportunity Cost
Economics says:
“If you spend resources now, you won’t have them later for another opportunity.” (opportunity cost)
And yes — stewardship matters.
Recklessness in your stewardship can set you back,
BUT here’s the danger-
If you grip everything too tightly, you suffocate the power of generosity.
Generosity isn’t foolishness.
So, don't let your fear of giving masquerade as “wise saving.”
Wake up call- Giving isn't step ten in self-reliance, it's STEP ONE.
✝️ The Ultimate Example
I can’t help but think of the greatest multiplied gift of all:
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son.”
Generosity is a divine attribute.
One perfect gift, Infinite return.
His generosity changed everything.
🛡 Masculinity & Service
Whenever we talk about giving, we naturally blend this with service — Giving of our time or effort. Service is truly core to the masculine roles of
Protecting
Providing
Presiding
These all exist for someone else’s benefit.
As scripture reminds us:
“When ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God.”
This is how we become like Him.
Not by hoarding…
but by giving. Nothing He does is ultimately for Himself.
See a need, fill a need. Look outside yourself this week, you will find that opportunities to give are all around you!
Justin & Jared
The F5 Brotherhood
P.s. What do you think about the Dell family's 6.25B donation furthering savings for American children? Multiplied generosity? Not a political question, but something to check into...
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