Our Financial SupportAll of our miraculous and abundant blessings have come because the Spirit of God moved.
Over and over we see His provision supplied through the people who join with us to pray for the ministry and give financial support for us to continue. All the parts of the Body of Christ are necessary; the mouth who teaches, the hands that work, and the foot that runs. Karen and I pray every day for God to provide--and since He has already provided all the graces, all the resources, and all the message that makes this ministry effective, we know He will not fail to provide the continued financial support to send us where He wants us to go. Our ministry financial appeal is based on the principles of a beautiful story from Exodus 35 and 36: "Moses said to the whole Israelite community, 'This is what the Lord has commanded: From what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering'.... 'Then everyone who was willing and whose heart moved them, brought an offering to the Lord for the work.... 'And the people continued to bring free will offerings morning after morning." Because of that simple appeal and response, such abundant supplies flowed in that Moses had to ask the people to stop giving because they had more than enough to finish the tabernacle. What a beautiful picture of God's plans for providing resources for His work: 1) The offering was for the Lord, to give supplies to the workers who were building for Him; 2) The people gave willingly and individually as they felt led in their heart; 3) They were asked to give only if they were able, no pressure to sacrifice in order to scrape some big donation together--just give from what you have; and 4) What everyone already had to bring to the project--both the givers and the workers--was more than enough to complete the work God designed. Thank you for whatever you are able to give to help us continue building to God's glory. |
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