This past weekend our church received a special offering to build a housing unit for the Elikya Center. This building will be used to house widows and ophans in Congo, Africa. Our goal was to raise $35,000.00. As of Wednesday, the offering was over $37,000.00. All I can say is WOW!! I praise God for you and your heart of generosity to see the Kingdom of God built one life at a time. Please know your gifts to the Lord touch lives in a very real and tangible way and I know God is brought glory when we are generous givers.
I know some of you where not able to give last week and I encourage you to do so this weekend.
This weekend we will talk about Jesus' words to those who give to the least.(Mt. 6:1-4) He addresses this in a larger context of "How we practice public "righteous acts." I sure have enjoyed the insights I have recieved from my study. I pray you will be encouraged and challenged as we ask our Lord to lead, teach and guide us this weekend.
It would be a good week to invite a friend. We will talk about Hypocrites as Jesus does in this passage. Many people outside the church believe the church is full of Hypocrites. I wonder what they will think about what Jesus has to say to all the Hypocrites. Invite a friend and find out. I bet you will have a lot to talk about after you admit......................
What a joy to see God at work in our Body!! See You this weekend.
God Bless,
Pastor Randy
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There's a good example in Luke 13:15-16. The ruler of the synagogue was angry because Jesus healed on the Sabbath.
ReplyDeleteThe Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?"
The ruler full of "religious" type ideals wasn't interested in getting the woman healed.
So, do you need someone to go over there and over see how the funds are utilized?
ReplyDeleteDon Mingo