Power to change
Posted by Ps. Jenny | | Posted On Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Why are churches always asking for money?
I hesitated to put this question in print. It is a complicated question and also a question that would be easily misunderstood. But the simple answer is that Christians don't always allow the Holy Spirit to guide them as they ought to.
READ
Acts 4: 32-37
Why were these Christians willing to be so generous? Because they allowed the Holy Spirit to fill and guide them (look at v. 31). They gave and shared because they wanted to, not because they were made to. We don't always think like that.
If we allowed the Holy Spirit to guide us like these early Christians did, the church would never need to ask for money. We would give because we wanted to, not because we were asked.
THANK
. . . God for all the people in your church who are generous with their money, their homes, their possessions and their time. Ask God to help you to learn how to give without being asked. For it is more blessed to give than to receive.
I hesitated to put this question in print. It is a complicated question and also a question that would be easily misunderstood. But the simple answer is that Christians don't always allow the Holy Spirit to guide them as they ought to.
READ
Acts 4: 32-37
Why were these Christians willing to be so generous? Because they allowed the Holy Spirit to fill and guide them (look at v. 31). They gave and shared because they wanted to, not because they were made to. We don't always think like that.
If we allowed the Holy Spirit to guide us like these early Christians did, the church would never need to ask for money. We would give because we wanted to, not because we were asked.
THANK
. . . God for all the people in your church who are generous with their money, their homes, their possessions and their time. Ask God to help you to learn how to give without being asked. For it is more blessed to give than to receive.
I want to know....When the day is done, that life has been worth living; that I have brought somebody joy through kind, unselfish giving.
I want to feel....When evening falls and shadows quickly lengthen, that I have made somebody glad...some weakness I have strengthen.
I want to know....That come what may, I've left some cheer and gladness. I want to feel at close of day, I've banished someone's sadness.
I want to feel....At close of day, that someone's cares were lighter; because of kindness I have done, may someone's life be brighter.
Better Times Will Come....
Don't let the pain of one season, destroy the joy of all the rest.
Don't judge life by one difficult season.
Persevere through the difficult patches....And better times are sure to come some time.
The faithful sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and then receives the impossible.
God will keep you going. Build your tomorrow, Pastor Jenny.
Thanks! God who has been faithful in the past will be faithful till the end. Yes, He will keep me going. Yesterday has gone and will never come back again, and today will soon be past, I shall look forward to tomorrow.