The more I read the New Testament the more I am convinced that God wants us to become like Jesus. I am not talking about becoming like him in his divinity. That just isn’t possible. But we are to become like Jesus in every area of our life. Just as Jesus loves God with all […]
Entries Tagged as 'Giving'
Giving: God, Jesus & Us
January 1st, 2013 · 1 Comment · Bible, Christ, Christianity, Giving, New Testament
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A Generous Gift
December 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Christianity, Giving
Just before I left for Christmas one of our elderly ladies stopped by the church building with some Christmas cards for the ministers. Her health is not all that great, she has pain and doesn’t drive very many places like that. So I thought it was sweet she would make a special trip to bring […]
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Jonah Said the Sweetest Thing
November 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Elijah, Giving, Jonah, Missy, Personal
Last night as we came home from LIFE group Missy and I were discussing Elijah’s (our 11 month old) birthday party. At his party we are asking people to bring gifts for the local Children’s Hospital (All Childrens) and Jonah was listening to the details. He went into his room, got out his bin of […]
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God Lessons from Elijah (7 months)
June 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Christianity, Elijah, Giving, God, Personal
I was feeding Elijah dinner yesterday. I kept noticing that when I tried to give him food he would just ignore me but if I took it away he would start opening his mouth and wave his arms around. He did this four or five times and I finally asked him, “What is it that […]
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Mike Murdock – Show Me the Money
October 27th, 2010 · 19 Comments · Christianity, Church, Giving, Religion
One of the new found blessings of having cable television for the first time in six years are all the “great” religious programming we can now watch. Last week we tuned in to see the Inspiration network with Mike Murdock. He was talking about sowing our seed so that God will bring a harvest to […]
Jesus Banquet
May 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Giving
For more information on how to donate go to this link at treymorgan.net – Dump Day 2010
Church Pantry Ideas – Food Planters
May 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Christianity, Church, Church of Christ, Giving, Religion
Nooma #23 – Corner There is a ministry in our area called Five and Two food. They make it their business to make sure hungry people get fed. Dave, who works with this ministry, had a couple of ideas for our pantry that I thought I would pass on because it is so practical and […]
Video Parable on Stewardship – God’s Pie
December 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Christianity, Church, Giving, God, Religion, Stewardship
A great video on what we have, where it comes from, and what we do with it…
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Benevolence Ministries in the Church – 1
February 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Christianity, Church, Giving, Ministry, Religion, Thoughts
Let’s start this series with a couple of questions: what has been your experience with benevolence ministry? What has worked well and what has needed improvement? How have you balanced being discerning with compassion? How do you define what someone is genuinely in need of? Do you assess more than just financial needs? What kind […]
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