Fund raising or Friend raising?

Here's my honest thoughts on "Fundraising" in modern missions. Leave a comment please.


1. God's work done God's way will never lack God's supply! That is true today as well.

2. If it's God's will, it's God's bill. Don't try that line after you eat a buffet in a restaurant!

3. Where God guides, He provides. He does.

4. With the vision comes the provision.

5. Fundraising is friend raising! Try it.

6. God doesn't need millionaires and billionaires to fund His work. He may use them once in a while, but He still prefers the widow's mite!

7. Holy begging is biblical. Do it even if it's embarrassing. Apostle Paul did it too. Pakistani and Nigerian friends are experts in this business! IMO

8. Manipulation, Bootlicking and flattering is not God's style and so it must never be pursued.

9. Command the rich to give. Never beg.

10. People are blessed by God only to become a blessing. They missed it if they didn't get that!

11. "You pay and I'll pray!" still works for me!

12. Jehovah Jireh is your provider and your eternal source, not mere man. Yet God uses mortal man as His channel to provide for your needs. Be humble to receive "Pentecostal handshakes!"

13. Biblical prosperity is real. It is coming to a place of "no lack." Don't see God as a genie!

14. God desires for His children to have "good success." But don't fall for the Almighty Dollar!

15.The "love of money," not money itself is still the root of all evil. God is not an ATM machine.

16. Jesus spoke about money more than anything else! And He spoke more about hell than heaven! Think about it.

17. Unless we are faithful with the material things of life, we cannot be faithful with the spiritual. Learn to handle money before anything else. Open a bank account for your kids early in life. Teach frugality but not to be stingy. Generosity is a spiritual gift. 

18. We all have to give an account one day! That's a terrifying thought for some people!

19. Don't evangelistically be elastic. Watch what you write about statistics and stop exaggerated reports. Heaven watches.

20. On a lighter note, it is true that India would have been 10 times saved if we believed all the statistics sent from the ground to our Western donors! That is not a laughing matter.

21. The lowest form of Christianity is to be blessed... The highest form of Christianity is to be a blessing.

22. Fundraising on Facebook somehow works only for those who have "white privilege."

23. Not really convinced about crowdfunding as a biblical strategy. I may be wrong.

24. Little is much when given to the Master's hands. He only needs your five loaves and two fishes to do miracles.

25. Supernatural bank transfers and money popping in to your bank account is a gimmick discovered by some African "prophets" only for profit! Work with your hands and trust God for your next meal. 😆 


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