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You and I, as Partners in this ministry, are right in the middle of something BIG, BIG, BIG! It’s bigger and greater than anything any of us can imagine!
When Bill and Cindy Krause and their five children moved to Tulsa, Okla., so Bill could attend Rhema Bible Training Center, they never expected he would have trouble finding work. Under constant financial pressure, Cindy and Bill finally came to realize God wanted them to learn to live by faith, so they could fulfill God’s plan for them after Rhema.
This is not the time to quit! I know you’ve been to that place where it looks and feels like THIS IS IT! I can’t go any further!
In last month’s letter, we talked about the spiritual force of forgiveness. According to Jesus, the power that removes sin and the power that heals are the same.
If you have made Jesus Christ your Lord, protection belongs to you. In fact, what you know from the Word of God will save your life. If you build God’s promises of protection and deliverance into your heart and life, you can live in this world with all of its danger and still feel secure.
In 1 Peter 2:18, God commands us to give due respect and honor to our masters—or our employers. In 1 Timothy 6:1, we see this again, “All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be spoken against” (NASB). That is the purpose of honor—to stand out as God’s children among those in the world. There are plenty of people who show dishonor to employers, but we shine His light when we honor and submit to those in authority over us.
The Biblical instruction to judge ourselves was given in 1 Corinthians 11:31: “For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.”
This scripture was given as an important part of understanding how God disciplines His children. If we don’t understand the truth about God’s discipline, we may give Him credit for bad things that happen in our lives.
The truth is, God did not make angels and man imperfect. God created them to have a choice. And that is where the opportunity to choose against God entered in.
Many churches and ministries honor God by tithing from the money they receive. And there is scriptural precedent for this. In Numbers 18:26-32, the Levites were instructed to take a tenth of the offerings given to them and return it as an offering to the Lord. In addition to that, they were to give freewill offerings from the tithes given to them.
There is an exciting benefit from tithing as a ministry. The church or ministry that tithes reaps the same blessings as do individual tithers!