Quote from the book
Gaining Through Losing. Evelyn: page 146
Confidence. The Bible gives a tremendous reason why we
should be free from the love of (one of those three little terms—WANT, LOVE,
LONG FOR) Money. Why? Because it produces confidence.
Let your way of life be free from the
love of money, being content with what you have, for He Himself has said, “I
will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,” so that we confidently
say, “The Lord is my Helper, I will not be afraid. What shall man do to me?” Heb. 13:5-6
Am I content with what I
have? I might say I am, but am I really? Am I happy with what I do have and not LONG
FOR more money for something else? I need
to search my heart for the truth.
Keep your lives free from the love of money
and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave
you; never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5
Evelyn shared a wonderful “act
of faith” that has inspired me with my own writing.
Quote from the book
Gaining Through Losing. Evelyn: page 151
Gamblers for God
It seems that without the
willingness to risk losing, there can be no great gains in God’s economy. Retired Bank president Chester Eggen said to me, “I’m thinking of
doing some seminars on the spiritual application of ‘There Is No Gain Without
Pain.’ As a bank president, I know we
must let go of our profits in order that we can earn more profits.”
The following is what touched my heart.
Our Nonprofit United
prayer Ministries organization decided to test that principle. From its inception, the love offerings had
never quite paid the travel, publicity, and mailing expenses. So, after much prayer and with our treasury
still in the red, we voted to launch a giving program –free books, tapes and
leaders’ guides to missionaries and prisoners.
To our surprise, at the end of that fiscal year, we had enough money
left over to buy a typewriter and a desk –and the trend has never reversed
itself. It worked.
The old saying, “I cannot
out give God,” is true. Do I dare try
this in some way? It will take some
thought and a huge portion of courage.
Maybe there is someone out
there, right now, going through a financially hard time. You are not alone. God is with you. Can you trust him?
I remember a time in my life
where our money seemed to run out before the paycheck came. We had always practiced ‘tithing’ from the
first of our income and God always provided.
Then there came a time where we were really tested.
We needed extra money for
something real important and we contemplated using our tithing, but instead
just trusted God to provide in another way.
We were faithful and so was God.
He provided more than we needed in another way.
God is so faithful. We can trust him today with whatever we are
facing.
Dear God,
Please go before me today. I want to lose my right to gain any money for
my work. I leave it all in your
hands. Thank you for what you are going
to teach me. In Jesus name, Amen.