Stories of Sending Our Treasure on Ahead

PostedSunday, August 30, 2009 @ 4 PMByTaggedNo tags

On Sunday, August 30th, Pastor David Delmotte issued a challenge to the congregation to take what money they had brought for their tithe and use it to be a blessing to someone through the week. The congregation was given a week deadline to use this money to be a blessing and witness in someone's life.
We want you to share your stories of how you were able to be a blessing or how you have been blessed by someone. The anonimity of your act or the act done for you is up to your discretion.

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On 8/31/2009 4:08 PM, Tim Wehse said...You may or may not remember me--Tim Wehse. I attended Birchwood with my wife, Jodi, and our four children until the Lord made it clear to us that He wanted us to help a friend plant a church in Red Bank. Now--each Sunday--we make the long drive to not only attend, but to serve in whatever ministry has a need. For the past two months, we have led the children's church (we call it training church). I also read Scripture and pray for the offering each week. We spend the gas each week (and eat out for lunch because of the distance) in order to bless. I say all that "not to blow my own horn", but to remind us all that we can indeed make a difference. Mysteriously--the Lord chooses to use us to do much of His work here on planet Earth. As Christians, He has gifted us and placed us in communities where we can be a blessing. I don't know about you, but I long to be a blessing to others. I very much want to make a difference in other's lives. We all have that opportunity. We all have that opportunity today! If it has been a while since you read Hebrews 3:13, do so tonight. If we are a blessing, we will be blessed. May God be glorified in all of us!

On 9/1/2009 11:11 AM, The Browns•Greg & Samantha & Josh & Merry said...YES. This is like handing a child a hammer. I didn't know who to hit first. There are so many in need. We sought the Lord's guidance and narrowed to two families. God had blessed us with overtime so we were lead to double his helping. My family has issued an all out assault on debt. We have paid off two of our four Credit cards and God is so blessing our finances. Praise to God for all he is and is doing for us. May the God of peace and mercy be praised in your life also.

On 9/2/2009 5:14 PM, Anon said...I keep waiting to add a comment until we have used all of the amount of our offering, but since there seems to not be that many comments I thought that I would go ahead and share. Boy, it is so hard to try to decide what to do....many ideas have come to mind and we are about to settle in on a few trusting God to lead as we have been praying since Sunday about what to do. We have already completed one that I can tell about. We ate lunch out on Sunday and when we entered the restaurant we went in with the idea that we wanted to bless someone by paying for their lunch. We looked around the restaurant while we were eating and when the waitress brought our check we asked for the check of a couple who appeared to be in their mid 60's that she had just brought their food. When they received their food the man bowed his head with his wife and thanked God for it, then I felt that they were the couple we should bless. Who knows they may be the richest people on earth, but we hope that our simple act of kindness blessed them and maybe caused them to want to bless someone else as they left the restaurant!!!!!!! I wonder how long it would last and how others would be blessed if maybe they had blessed someone else as they left the restaurant, and that someone blessed someone else and so on until the restaurant closed for the day!!!!!!!!!!!!! We also left the waitress a 20% tip on our meal and the couples that we purchased for them. I trust she was blessed, but I have thought since then just how much she would have been blessed if maybe we had left a 100% tip!!!!!!!!! Lastly, as we got to the parking lot my wife noticed a family going into the restaurant with 4 children and she said that she had been looking for a large family in the restaurant to bless.
Maybe we should have just went up to them and gave them some money for their lunch? Once we have used all of our offering to bless others we will post additional comments. I Cor. 1:27 & I John 3:17

On 9/5/2009 2:43 PM, Anonymous said...I was asked this past week to donate money to my workplace. Remembering what our pastor asked us to do, I did the payroll deducation and also gave a one time gift (my tithe). Well, two days later I received a late card that had a check in it for the exact amount that I had given. So it's true, you can't out give God!

On 9/5/2009 9:31 PM, Anon said...This is a follow up to the comment posted on 9-2 at 5:14 PM.
We were allowed to help a friend with some personal expenses for an upcoming family event with part of our tithe/offering this week. We shared with the friend about the challenge from Pastor Dave on Sunday and asked that they try to do something for someone else that would be a blessing for them. They were so grateful for the blessing they received. We are also sending the balance of our tithe/offering to a pastor friend and telling him and his family about the challenge we received on Sunday from Pastor Dave and asking them to use these funds in whatever way God may lead them. We are hoping to see God use this challenge in the lives of the folks at Birchwood and other churches / places as He sees fit.

On 9/5/2009 11:32 PM, Anonymous said...

One of your church members came and made a donation to the Center because of the “dare” you gave on Sunday morning. I thought you would want to know that someone took the dare.

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On 9/9/2009 7:34 AM, Anonymous said...
We gifted our full tithe to one family in our community. They are currently having a particularly tough time financially.

On 9/14/2009 12:46 PM, Jonathan Kyle said...

On 9/21/2009 3:23 PM, Anonymous said...

We gave my tithe to 10/40 Connections to buy a well for people somewhere in India. Two years ago was the first time I gave for a well. It was a baby shower gift in honor of the birth of my cousin’s daughter, Joeli. Chad and Leslie Segraves (my cousins) are co-founders and presidents of 10/40 Connections based here in Chattanooga. When they told their Indian connection about the well given in their daughter’s honor, the man began to call it the Joeli Drinking Water Project. I was very excited to provide funds for another well.

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