Why Christians Should Donate Money
      

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth...  But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven... For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.  (Matt 6:19-21)

How many times have you heard someone complain that their congregation talks about money way too much?  You may have said the same.  Your complaint may very well be valid, and yet the congregation's need is probably genuine.  Probably, in most churches, the leadership would much rather not lodge any requests at all.  Ideally, people would be 'Gospel motivated.'  When it becomes difficult- or impossible- to meet the payroll or pay building expenses, the leadership has to bite the bullet and issue the plea(s).

What is really going on is a lack of familiarity with what the Scriptures say about money and a lack of courage or foresight within the leadership to teach about money.   Actually, a lot of it is that some folks don't even care what the Scriptures say on the issue.  Their views on money, like so many other views, are born of one's own 'natural reasoning.'  This post is not about them.  This post is about folks who do care.  Let me share some of my experiences leading a ministry that relies a great deal on donations.  But first, let me state plainly what I hope this post will accomplish:

The reader will open up their Bibles for themselves and study what it has to say about money (time, talent, and treasure) from beginning to end.
         

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