01/14/2023
Why should we support Christian ministries?
Giving is compassionate, giving is ministry, giving is wise, giving is worship, and giving is safe because we serve the God of abundant riches. He will take care of us.
At the end of the day, our greatest desire is that the God who made us, the God who saved us, and the God who will bring us into his kingdom one day will receive glory forever and ever.
There is no greater motivator than the glory of God, and giving is one way we honor him.
But we must remember that every Christian virtue, including giving, happens under the banner of his grace. Philippians ends with these words, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit” (Philippians 4:23).
We do not support Christian ministries in order to earn God’s favor, we do not pray in order to earn God’s favor, we do not attend church in order to earn God’s favor, we do not do anything in order to earn God’s favor.
We do everything in response to the favor he has graciously shown us, and continues to graciously show us each day, and will graciously show us forever.
