subject: Make The Choice [print this page] God has called the local church his brideGod has called the local church his bride. That is how important it is to him.And it will break the back of greed. It will give a punch to the money monster and God will be glorified in the whole deal.
Do you know why I know that 80% of you are investing a good portion of your money
poorly? It is because our financial office told me that 20% of the Fellowship
Church members are giving for the other 80%. I will show you visually what this
represents. I wont embarrass anybody. Just chill for a second. Now if I point
to you in the audience, stand up. OK, now these arent the ones who give for
everybody. These people are standing to visually represent the fact that they
pay the way for everybody else. That is pretty wild, isnt it? And we have an
incredibly generous church. We have a lot of people giving. We have one of the
greatest churches I have ever seen. And I thank you for that. But a lot of you
out there are missing it. Dont miss it anymore. Make the choice. Please sit
down. Make the choice to do it Gods way because when you do, He is going to
pour out blessings upon your life. He will build the local church. He will
break the back of greed. He will be glorified and your life will go from this
level to that deep subterranean level where He wants you.
If anyone had the temptation to become a workaholic, to be motion sick, it would
be Christ. Think about it. He wasnt. He lived in perfect balance. He was
always in sync with His work, His values and His purpose. Yet you will see that
after Christ did some intensive ministry work, He would always take breaks,
wouldnt He? He would take long walks. He might build a fire and make
breakfast. He would go fishing with His friends. After working, after being
emotionally, physically and spiritually drained, He would break and walk away.
Great words. Wonderful words. Relevant words to your life and mine.
So how about it? Are you being tossed and turned by those erratic movements that
cause motion sickness. Ed Young Pastor says, Rub your back against an oak tree. Rub your back against
