Today wraps up week 2 of our series debtfreewilmington.com.
- I love hearing stories about people who’ve recently found Lifepoint and are already bringing their friends.
- I really enjoyed talking about finances. It’s weird, I know.
- I love the generosity of our church.
- We’ve given away close to $60,000 in missions this year!
- We gave away 150 copies of The Blessed Life by Robert Morris. YES WE GAVE THEM AWAY!
- I’m excited about our next series…you’ll hear about it next week.
- Yes, we announced that we are going to take over a restaurant downtown and feed homeless people for lunch on Christmas eve.
- Yes, we announce that we are going to provide Christmas gifts to 100 kids in Ubauna, Brazil.
- Yes, we went through 240 tags on our Angel tree today that will provide gifts for kids from Sunset Elem.
- Yes, we announced that we will be hosting 2 Christmas Eve Services at Ashley at 4pm and 6pm.
- Yes, we know that the economy isn’t too great but we are still going to make a difference this Christmas.
- Yes, I believe that the first change we need to make is to PUT GOD IN HIS PLACE.
- God’s place is 1st place.
- Yes, I told people that they are either honoring God or robbing from God. There is no middle ground.
- Yes, it’s true the average Christian gives 2% of their income to charity.
- Yes, it’s true that only 3% of Christians actually tithe.
- Yes, it’s true that if Christians tithed we could meet every need on the planet and have an additional 60-70 Billion left to advance the Gospel.
- Yes, people came to know Jesus today!
- Yes, I’m crazy enough to believe that Lifepoint is going to change the world!
- Yes, I had a thousand bucks in my pocket.
- Yes, I had to give it back…it was fun while it last.
- Yes, I’d say it was a great day!
OK Jeff….After thinking about what I heard from you this morning, I am confident about two things: (1)We didn’t hear from Jeff Kapusta nearly so much as we heard from the Spirit of God and (2)that was absolutely the very best sermon I’ve ever heard on tithing (and I’ve heard more than a few).
I suppose it is that time of year. I am just about to finish a two-part series (I am not the teaching pastor here) on investing in eternity. I think I may borrow some of your statistics here… and strangely enough I was walking around this week with $1000 in my pocket too.
It is exciting to see how generous your church continues to be Jeff. I pray continues to bless you guys out there on the coast.
The Lyrics from Stompin’ Tom Conners “The Consumer”
The Consumer they call us
We’re the people that buy
Well everyone else is out to sell some kind of merchandise
We run to the boss and tell ‘em we need a bit more gold
Some tax deductions later and we still wind up in the hole
Oh yes we are the people running in the race
Buying up the bargains in the ol’ marketplace
Another sale on something, we’ll buy it while it’s hot
Save alot of money spending money we don’t got
We Save alot of money spending money we don’t got
The Consumer they call us
We always get a fair shake
We buy a fridge that doesn’t freeze and a stove that doesn’t bake
We can’t buy nothing lasting unless we get that raise in pay
And they’d only charge us more for the things that cost less today
The Consumer they call us
we’re fussy what we eat
we look at the price of t-bone steak and buy hamburg meat
And all those fancy packages we take down from the shelf
They’re always full of good fresh air when they’re full of nothing else
Oh yes we are the people running in the race
Buying up the bargains in the ol’ marketplace
Another sale on something, we’ll buy it while it’s hot
Save alot of money spending money we don’t got
We Save alot of money spending money we don’t got
The Consumer they call us
When the man comes in the door
To give us a deal on a vaccume when we buy a rug for the floor
And how do we pay the finance when the monthly bills arrive
They just send down the bailiff to reposes the car we drive
The consumer is what they call us, we’re always deep in debt
From buying drawers in Discount stores to fixin’ the TV set
We go to the bank for the money and sign for another loan
And hope the lord doesn’t see us stop in the tavern halfway home
Oh yes we are the people running in the race
Buying up the bargains in the ol’ marketplace
Another sale on something, we’ll buy it while it’s hot
Save alot of money spending money we don’t got
We Save alot of money spending money we don’t got