Camp Point

Giving 2009

When We All Get to Heaven.. just to warm you up. Consecration Sunday… an interesting proposition. Purpose of the speaker… encourage giving. BUT…most of you have already decided what you’re going to give before you walked in the door. My prayer group…Mike ..farmer.. “I need to be assured that whatever I’d decided to give is right.”

Let’s see if we can agree on one thing to begin… (with my apologies to your church treasurer..) Money is one of the least important things we have to give. And frankly, if it hurts to give it, God probably can’t use it as well.

Brian.. nursing homes.. clowns As I played this song on the accordion, she gradually let go of his hand: In the Garden

The Dali Lama with Jimmy Carter… When act of giving occurs, the giver benefits first and the recipient only second.

The greatest thing about giving is that it takes the focus off us and onto others…exactly what Christ preached. Self-centeredness : depression. Becky...funeral... Carl Menninger JHS girl: CFS

Sweitzer: “The only ones among you who will be truly happy as those who will have sought and found out how to serve.” This Little Light 5) Finally…ask yourself why you’re giving. Don’t get so busy with the important things in your life that you forget the important things in your life. James Dobson..monopoly Dad...hay ...rain.... “When we forget ourselves, we usually do something that everyone else remembers.” …two whom are we ultimately giving? Who are we trying to please? HINEY THE MULE Victory in Jesus