"I AM RESOLVED" 2010 MONTHLY GENERAL FUND

“I AM RESOLVED…”

There’s nothing hokey or corny about making RESOLUTIONS.

The only problems we have with resolutions is that:
[1] We think about RESOLUTIONS only around New Year’s time – it is not a lifestyle conduct;
[2] We make RESOLUTIONS impulsively and whimsically – without any real commitment to keep them;
[3] We don’t make RESOLUTIONS out of spiritual conviction, and therefore we rely upon the energy and power of our flesh to keep them…and therefore, we don’t;
[4] We make our RESOLUTIONS about fleshly and material interests – and don’t have any heart, interest, or passion for the Kingdom of God;
[5] We ignore God and don’t consult Him about our RESOLUTIONS – and therefore, when we don’t ask Him, we don’t receive from Him.

But, we can’t follow Jesus Christ, and we can’t grow in grace, and we can’t make progress toward maturity in Christ without resolution.

SO, WILL WE RESOLVE TO SEEK GOD’S KINGDOM IN 2010 BY GIVING MORE GENEROUSLY AND GRACIOUSLY TO THE MONTHLY GENERAL FUND?

I am going to include again this month a small suggestion I included in last month’s update. I hope you will read it and act on it!

HERE’S WHAT EACH ONE OF US CAN DO!
I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY OF US THERE ARE OUT THERE – I’m talking about all of us GIVING FRIENDS in our Baptist Faith Missions fellowship. Let’s just play with some numbers. Let’s say there are 100 of us churches who are committed to helping our missionaries. Let’s say that in each of these 100 churches there are 30 GIVING FRIENDS. [In some churches, there will be more…in others, fewer – but, let’s begin here.] That would be 3,000 GIVING FRIENDS.

Let’s say each of us 3,000 GIVING FRIENDS gave an extra $5.00 per month during 2010 toward the General Fund offering – THAT ADDITIONAL $15,000 PER MONTH WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARD ASSURING THAT OUR MISSIONARIES’ NEEDS WOULD BE MET! Some of us can give more. Our missionaries need all the help we can give them.

This is only one small, simple, do-able plan that every one of us can resolve to do!

IF YOU ARE MAKING THIS RESOLUTION – OR HAVE A SIMILAR OR BETTER SUGGESTION – LET US KNOW HOW WE ALL CAN MUTUALLY PROVOKE AND ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER TO GOOD WORKS!