If you want to give, your gift will be accepted. It will be judged by what you have, not by what you do not have. – 2 Corinthians 8:12 (NCV) Usually, back when I was starting out in church, I would always hear the deacon say a prayer for the offering that somehow included the [...]
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Giving Principles for Christians
Posted in giving, money, offering, tagged blessing, giving, heart, money, offering, sacrifice, theology on February 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Community Contributions
Posted in activities, boards, business, charity, church, foreign missions, giving, networking, nonprofit, outreach, pastors, volunteers, tagged church, community, giving, help, ministry, money, service, work on November 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. – Acts 4:32 (NIV) Running short on your street mission and shelter funding or praying that the bank doesn’t shut down your community youth center? There may be some [...]
Fundraiser Event Formula
Posted in business, donors, events, giving, innovations, nonprofit, planning, strategies, success, tips on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“I am aware that only God knows the total plan and that I am part of it.” – Laurie Beth Jones, Jesus CEO You need a formula for your special events, especially when they are used to raise funds. Much like the Lord has a divine plan, you need to have a plan for [...]
Gaining by Giving
Posted in blessings, business, donors, giving, nonprofit, stewardship, street ministry on October 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Give, and it will be given to you… – Luke 6:38 (NASB) You may not be getting much because you are not giving much. It may simply boil down to a simple survey of two major things: What you have done What you haven’t done Unfinished business is simply that; it is unfinished and incomplete. [...]
Measured Giving
Posted in answers, blessing, charity, giving, money, offering, priority, sacrifice, stewardship, tagged blessing, faith, giving, money, offering on June 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.- Luke 6:38, NKJV Giving should come out of the heart. We are to give, as the [...]
A Prosperity Problem
Posted in America, answers, blessing, charity, Christian, compassion, giving, ministry, money, poverty, resources, service, share, solutions, support, treasure, tagged blessing, business, community, fishers of men, government, help, ministry, outreach, poverty, prosperity, service on May 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. . . Mark 14:39 (ESV) Things are out of balance. The poor seem to continue to get poorer. Look at what the government is telling us about our national deficit and bailouts as well as restructuring organizations [...]
Raising Funds in Hard Times
Posted in blessing, business, charity, Christian, church, community, compassion, faith, giving, leadership, ministry, money, offering, planning, provision, resources, sites, teaching, technology, tagged church, community, donations, free, funds, giving, glory, grants, help, money, offering, service, support, work on April 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Here’s the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home -Luke 16:9 (NLT) The issue is about how we use our “worldly resources.” Does what we do “benefit others and make friends?” Are we doing any good with [...]
Follow Your Trea$ure Trail
Posted in blessing, charity, expectations, family, foreign missions, giving, Jesus, money, offering, poverty, stewardship, tagged Christ, faithful, giving, money, offering, sacrifice, Word on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.- Matt. 6:21 I am trying to get some things in order as I continue my walk in Christ. That’s a given for most of us who profess to believe in Christ. Money is somewhere near the top of the list of things to get [...]
From Rebuke to Rewards
Posted in believers, Bible, blessing, giving, money, stewardship, teaching on February 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How do we rob you?’ “In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—the whole nation of you—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in [...]
