"...not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only..." - Philippians 4:15
Paul planted dozens of Churches in his short ministry and he traveled around visiting them until the day of his death. If there was anyone who knew all about the latest and best innovations of the 1st century Church it was the Apostle Paul and he a special compliment to pay the Philippian Church. He said they were the only one that was being generous with their resources...
We want to be that kind of Church! We want to be the kind of church that has abundance and can be generous on every occasion. We want to be the kind of church where what seems impossible with men becomes possible through God. We want to be the type of Church where even our enemies look and say, "That must be God!" We want to be the kind of Church that can bless back! But our Church is not some abstract idea it is made up of people; it is made up of you and me. So if we want our church to be all these things then we have to be all these things.
Are you ready to believe God for the impossible in your own life? Are you ready to take the challenges that have been thrown in your direction and turn them into tools? Are you ready to commit to give so that we can bless back?
Jesus' Church will be victorious because His spirit will continue to live inside of the people who build it. Are you going to get in on the ground level of the move of God that will sweep our city?
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