A Word Of Caution To Those That Plant Monetary Gifts/Offerings Into Christian Broadcasting Stations Or Large Ministries Also. This Is What Happened To Me...

There have been many times in which Holy Spirit moved upon my heart to place a monetary gift into a certain ministry, Christian broadcasting television network, Christian radio station, etc. Many numerous times it was done without a hitch so to speak. Then...there were the times (recently I may add) when the ministry did not follow the amount of money to be donated and they changed it. The problem is this, when Holy Spirit speaks to your heart about making a donation and He specifically speaks a certain monetary amount and even adds to it what it is to be planted in faith towards in your very life, the problem comes into play when the ministry does not get it right.
Now, mind you, we are not dealing with secular organizations but faith believing ministries. Ministries that we are told operate in faith and the faith walk. When one calls in to make a donation or a pledge and takes the time to explain what Holy Spirit is speaking to your heart. They want to be assured the correct amount of money will be received. When one even shares with the ministry that another organization did not get it right and the hassle it was to make it right, then surely you would expect that ministry to take caution in filling out the necessary paperwork to make sure it is the correct amount of money being given. Wrong, not so.
This is my recent experience. The reason I share this with you is because I do not want you to go through the same experiences I had. Holy Spirit spoke to my heart to plant a certain amount of money as a seed offering for a specific purpose in my life. When Holy Spirit gives you a prophetic dream and shows you specific numbers in a dream you need to pay attention to that for He is speaking to your heart and life and wants you to pay attention. So, now you had the dream and He speaks to your heart to place a seed offering specific to the dollar amount that is connected to the dream He gave to you. You then move in action while Holy Spirit is speaking to your heart as to where to plant that seed. Great, you place the phone call and you are now on your way to following Holy Spirit instruction. You briefly explain that the dollar amount is something Holy Spirit spoke to your heart and it is connected to a prophetic dream. You take the time to make sure they get the amount you speak to them correct and then the transaction/obedience to Holy Spirit is complete.
You then check your account to see the incorrect amount of money was given and not the specific amount of money you requested. Here is when the hassle begins. I contacted a Christian television network and left a voice mail or two explaining my concern that the blessing will not come forth until this is corrected. No response form them. I finally speak with someone and they assure me it will be corrected. This is what actually happened to me. I received in the mail a card with a dime taped to the inside of the card. Let me show you that all along they were not listening to my heart. Let me give you an example, say the amount of money was 00.01 (this is not the actual amount of money I gave) but follow where it gets messed up OK. Why would you send back to a person a dime when the cent amount was not correct. You state it will be one cent and they deduct ten cents. So, the difference to be refunded to the person making a donation would be nine cents not ten cents correct? They missed the whole point of Holy Spirit speaking to your heart what to give to that ministry. If He wanted me to give ten cents that is what would have been spoken to begin with. This is what I did, I sent the ministry a card with an explanation that they missed the whole point of planting that faith seed offering and I trusted that they walk in faith and would understand where I was coming from. In the card I returned the ten cents and then added the penny that I would have been robbed of my blessing for not getting it right. I never heard anything further from them.
You may be thinking she really is a stickler for this and what is a difference of a few pennies? It is not the dollar amount it is the following of Holy Spirit speaking to your heart and then the accuracy of the ministry to make sure they are placing people on the phone lines following through correctly. It becomes very frustrating to one when they take the time to speak to the operator and have them repeat back to you the dollar amount you are giving to find out that they really did not listen to begin with. I understand people make mistakes and I do not fault them for that for we are human and not perfect. I get that. It is the manner in which they try to get the mistake corrected. Again, I state we are not dealing with secular organizations but organizations that preach and walk the faith life so why is the refund process so complicated?

This is so goofy isn't it? They have plenty of help on the phones to take your pledge/offering amount but when you need to speak with someone that will take care of this they do not seem to have the same amount of people there correcting problems. Again, I state it is not the dollar amount as much as it is the following Holy Spirit instruction. You are being faithful to hearing the voice of Holy Spirit and following through with what He spoke to your heart to do and it is in the following through that others stopped your blessing. God is a God of order and excellence. Maybe it is a coincidence but then again maybe it is not that this happened within a few short weeks of each other. I have found that the best way to handle this is to go online and fill in the information yourself then you know for sure it is taken care of.
These organizations I share with you are not small ministries they are very large. Looking back on this, if donations/pledge amounts are not entered in correctly and the error is against the one making the monetary gift then think of how much money (sometimes it can be penny by penny) they are receiving above and beyond the actual donation/pledge amount from God's people. Be very mindful and watch your statements to make sure the accounting is accurate. People always talk about how the secular world runs things and how much better of an example that Christian organizations should be in comparison. I make mistakes in my life I am not perfect and I thank God for his mercy that is new everyday. I am most thankful that other people also extend grace to me when a mistake is made. I get it that we are not perfect and we are to extend to others grace or forgiveness when they do wrong to us or when we do wrong to them. The whole reason I write today is not about a few pennies here or there it is the follow through and making the error correction so one can simply do what one was called to do in the first place, follow instruction of Holy Spirit done in faith.