My goodness, once again truth is exposing evidence. See, if you let a person talk long enough the truth somehow gets exposed. Isn't it a shame that we are even talking about this subject within the church! I really at times wonder what in the world heaven is thinking when they if they can see it what is going on in the church. In some instances, it makes you wonder why you fall for the tricks and antics of some ministries to hook you into donating to both their ministry and even in some instances, donating to their personal support. I can ask this because I have found myself as an innocent victim drawn into this very thing. When I look back now, I wonder to myself why did I succumb to these antics and make donations. Why do I feel this inside of me that one day one of these videos I have been sharing with you I may see some sort of exposure on that ministry. You know, with each passing day more and more are being exposed. I would like to think that maybe that will not happen, and the ministry is up and up above board in integrity. It does cause one to wonder though when you hear a ministry basically begging for money or they have to shut down the ministry and you wonder to yourself is there mismanagement in finances? There comes a time when God does extend grace and after so much time of this grace being extended the covers come off of the ministry or minister and the truth is then exposed. Please do not be naive though. This just doesn't happen without people or other ministers, family, friends, acquaintances Holy Spirit draws to send warnings to them. It is ultimately their choice though to receive the warnings being sent to them or reject them. We all have choices to make in life and I am being reminded right now of words my natural father shared with me years ago. Even if you only have a split second to make a choice to do or not do something, choose wisely. What really stood out was when he said to me that once you make the choice and do it there is no going back to undo it so choose wisely when you choose. Well, I guess I missed it in my choice of making donations to a ministry and I wish there was a way to request a refund for the last couple of years to be given back to me from the ministry. When I think about it, that could have been money better spent on my very own family. What in the world was I ever thinking.
May I propose to you to not be deceived by the ploys some ministries use to get you to fill their coffers. I have heard of stories of how a ministry may tell you their account is empty with no money in it, and they may not make payroll or be able to keep the ministry doors open if they don't get donations. See, they may not be deceptive in saying that but who is to say they didn't deplete that very account they are talking about and just moved the funds to another one of their ministry accounts. See, my thought is if you can prove by providing all books of business for the ministry showing all accounts are empty then there is a true cause there. Until you can prove that then take caution okay. Do not be naive enough to think a ministry only has one account. Now, there may be some ministries that only do have one account, but others have more than one account, just use caution because I truly did think it was Holy Spirit leading me when I made donations. I have repented with Jesus and asked Him to forgive me if I missed the mark at all in this area. Thank God for the precious blood of Jesus that washes us clean and makes us whole again. Do not ever feel like you cannot be forgiven by Jesus, ask and He will bring forgiveness to you.
Let's talk about some recent blessings in my life to balance out this heavy sort of subject today okay. It was this past Saturday when I went to a local vendor to look at a presidential candidate's merchandise. I have been in search for a certain car window flag but each time they have been sold out. A neighbor of mine commented on how they liked a garden sign I had. I bought 2-yard signs, one for me and then 1 to bless my neighbor with if they wanted it. The vendor told me they would give me the 2 window stickers they had on their vehicle with my purchase. I told them I would keep one for my car and give one away to a local manager @ a store. I did exactly that and they liked it and was going to put it on their vehicle. I went to an actual merchandise store that has been set up for this presidential candidate, but they were not open. I felt led to get NY style pizza and share it with neighbors. I went back to the local vendor and brought them some pizza and told them that the merchandise store was not open that they told me about. Do you know what this vendor said to me after I brought the pizza and said how I gave the one sticker away ... pick out 2 items for free. I picked out a flag for the manager and another garden type of sign for me. I was not looking for a blessing, but a blessing found me.
A neighbor hired someone to clean their windows and told me about it the other day. I hear someone in the backyard, and I looked to see what the noise was. Well, the window cleaner just cleaned the 2 top windows (in which I am not tall enough to reach without a step ladder) of mine. I showed them the neighbors windows and I thanked them and also joked with them to not charge my neighbor for those 2 cleaned windows. This business charges a fee per window cleaned both inside and out that is. I am thankful for blessings like that in my life. You do know you are blessed to be a blessing to bless others right. Don't hoard your blessings but share them with others.
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