Friday, February 25, 2005
GOD'S WORKING WITH OUR CHURCH
As I said in the two previous posts, God is working with our church to build an addition to our building. At the same time, He is leading us to support some short-term mission trips and a long-term involvement with one of our young ladies to serve in the Ukraine.
But that’s not all.
One of the weakest areas in our church has been our financial stewardship. We are not giving to our potential. This is sort of good news because it means we have a lot of room to improve.
An additional “piece of the puzzle” that God is putting together at Countryside is the opportunity for the congregation to study Biblical principles of stewardship. We have six small groups meeting through the week. They are studying, “The Treasure Principle”, based on the book by the same title by Randy Alcorn. This study has the potential of awakening our congregation (or at least those involved in the study) to what God teaches about stewardship. It does not just emphasize giving money, but the whole concept of the stewardship of life.
I am excited about this because in other church situations I have seen God use this same combination of emphases—building project, missions support and stewardship education—to really “explode” a church in spiritual, numerical and financial growth. I am praying He will be allowed to do that at Countryside.
There are a lot of other things that God is doing in our congregation right now. It all combines to bring Him glory, blessings to His people and growth to His Kingdom. I’m glad to be a part of it.
There is still, however, one huge “missing piece” that our church needs. I’ll write about it later.
Jim
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