Local Church Budget
December 20, 2014
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Video Presenter: Kermit Netteburg
PRESENTER: Kermit Netteburg
In a story entitled, “A Modern Miracle,” Revel Papaioannou wrote in the 1999 women’s devotional about four families that comprised the small Adventist church in Berea, Greece. They offered potluck to 150 Adventist youth that were touring their country.
“A phone call informed us that the group would not be arriving before 3:00 p.m., so after church, all gathered in our home to await our guests. They arrived, ‘all 150 of them.’ “Lord,” I cried, “We’re really going to need a miracle if all these people are to be fed.”
After the blessing, the group leader requested that the 50 who hadn’t eaten anything for a day to go first. The remaining 100 could eat if there were any leftovers. “One hour later they had all had enough, and there was still food for at least twenty more people.”
We had the privilege of witnessing a twentieth-century version of one of Christ’s miracles on a hillside in Galilee. Christ fed a group of 5,000 men, plus women and children. He used a small boy’s lunch, freely given, and Jesus’ blessing multiplied until all were filled.
How do you suppose God will multiply the gifts that you give to His cause today?
“A phone call informed us that the group would not be arriving before 3:00 p.m., so after church, all gathered in our home to await our guests. They arrived, ‘all 150 of them.’ “Lord,” I cried, “We’re really going to need a miracle if all these people are to be fed.”
After the blessing, the group leader requested that the 50 who hadn’t eaten anything for a day to go first. The remaining 100 could eat if there were any leftovers. “One hour later they had all had enough, and there was still food for at least twenty more people.”
We had the privilege of witnessing a twentieth-century version of one of Christ’s miracles on a hillside in Galilee. Christ fed a group of 5,000 men, plus women and children. He used a small boy’s lunch, freely given, and Jesus’ blessing multiplied until all were filled.
How do you suppose God will multiply the gifts that you give to His cause today?