And here is my advice about what is best for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.
OVER THE NEXT MONTH and a half, The Legacy Stewardship Campaign will be focusing on providing vision for the future for Bethany Assembly of God. For over 100 years, a Firm Foundation has been laid that has resulted in the Lord's blessings being upon us. Our attention now turns to a Fresh Fire that will enable us to have another 100 years of harvest! Please join us in believing that The Legacy Stewardship Campaign will result in positioning Bethany Assembly of God for the future!
Fred sat in his car, glaring angrily at the red traffic light-one minute, two minutes, three minutes! You would think for those little side roads they would have only a one-minute green light. There, only two cars went through all the time that he and the other motorists on the main road were waiting! How frustrating! Those lights always seem to turn red just as you drive up.
Behind Fred, in another car, sits Tom. But he does not mind the light a bit. It just gives him a chance to learn another Bible verse. He has a new one in a little stand on the dashboard, and he is saying it over and over. By the time the light changes, he will have another verse to use in witnessing!
It is estimated that the average motorist spends 26 hours a year waiting for traffic signals to change. And if Fred and Tom are average motorists, then Fred will spend 26 hours a year running his blood pressure up in angry frustration, and Tom will spend 26 hours a year memorizing God's Word so he will be a better servant of Jesus Christ.