Category: giving
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Go Give and Take Up Your Cross
Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”- Mark 10:21 Jesus offers some straightforward advice to a rich young man…
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Giving Principles for Christians
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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Community Contributions
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…
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Fundraiser Event Formula
“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…
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Gaining by Giving
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. …
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Measured Giving
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…
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A Prosperity Problem
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…
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Raising Funds in Hard Times
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…
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Follow Your Trea$ure Trail
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…
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