Our country's hard financial times right now--and the hard financial times being experienced by the church I lead--got me thinking a bit. We've been scraping by, both in finances and attendance, with some new folks visiting, but we haven't been 'prospering' by any means.
It got me thinking about a verse Paul wrote to the believers at Ephesus--“Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think—according to the power that works in you—to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen” (Ephesians 3:20-21).
Here's a guy in jail for the gospel, unjustly accused, and he's singing a doxology to the Lord!
God has shown Himself faithful in our current financial predicament. He’s provided what we needed, when we have needed it…but I wonder if He would not bless us with abundance, if we were giving Him more glory in His church. What do you think?
If we really want to reach people we’ve never reached before, we REALLY have to do things we’ve NEVER done before!
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