I’m not proud to admit it, but for years I struggled to give generously. I showed up. I gave something. But deep down, I knew I was holding back. I had my reasons ready. Some people give money. I give my time.I don’t have much, so it doesn’t matter that much.At least I’m giving something. [...]
A couple of years ago I had the privilege of speaking at the Desiring God National Conference with John Piper, Jerry Bridges, and John MacArthur. But perhaps the greatest privilege was being with the other speaker, Dr. Helen Roseveare, missionary to the Congo. (Dr. Roseveare's biography is in Noel Piper's book Faithful Women and Their [...]
Peter encouraged Christians to find joy by focusing not on the trial that will go on only “a little while” but on their heavenly inheritance that will never perish. As missionary martyr Jim Elliot put it, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” Why work for [...]
Developing discipline in any area of life does not come quickly or easily for many people. For years, I struggled to read the Bible regularly. I would read every day for a week and then let two weeks go by without reading at all. It wasn’t until I committed to a daily year-long reading plan [...]
Florence Chadwick, an American swimmer, was the first woman to swim the twenty miles across the English Channel from France to England in 1950. A year later she successfully swam the same distance from England to France. After tackling the English Channel in both directions, Florence set a new and ambitious goal to be the [...]
Here are powerful words from Greg Laurie on why it's not just giving that matters, but our motives on why we give matter too. The story is told of Billy and Ruth Graham and an experience they had in church one Sunday. As the offering was being taken, Billy Graham reached into his pocket and [...]
In his book, “The Fulfillment Factor,” author Mike Kendrick shares an engaging story about two kings. There once was a king who wanted to make his name great among his people, so he built a grand castle shooting into the sky to grace his world-renowned city. The result was what he wanted. Men worshipped him [...]
If we don’t reach out in our giving, as individuals and as churches, we miss out on a central aspect of biblical teaching: God’s deep concern for the poor and needy. It was said of King Josiah, “He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what [...]
