Earlier this week I was speaking with an elder who made a comment I found profound. Talking about our need to celebrate our rice and beans offering outcome this Sunday (today), he said, "We experience joy, as we give God the glory." Yes I thought that's it. We experience joy, as we give God the glory.
This morning during worship we concluded our rice and beans challenge receiving a final special offering to build a greenhouse in Jos, Nigeria. And what an offering our church gave; adding today to last week we crossed the $12,000 mark exceeding our goal by over $2,000. I was speechless.
A couple minutes after sharing our total with the church family, we placed a call to Peter Fretheim, our missionary in Jos, and pipe the conversation into the PA-system so everyone could listen in. What a joy it was to tell Peter that our offering will cover almost two complete greenhouses! To hear Peter's excitement brought smiles and joy to everyone in worship.
Our rice and beans challenge concluded as we prayed for Peter the ministry in Jos and then Peter for us… we both prayed that God would receive glory as children are rescued, lives changed, and heaven is populated as people in Nigeria and CT give their lives to Jesus.
Yes we experienced joy and God, I believe, received the glory.
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