{"id":469,"date":"2013-12-17T08:30:20","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T13:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/?p=469"},"modified":"2014-07-22T11:18:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T15:18:04","slug":"why-should-i-give-to-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/why-should-i-give-to-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Should I Give to Missions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/80827413\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Why give to missions?\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Reason #1: To\u00a0partner with the\u00a0missionaries in the work<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Paul wrote a missionary letter to the Philippian church.\u00a0 In\u00a0Philippians 4:10-12 he\u00a0 thanks them for their financial support of him and his ministry.\u00a0 He tells them and us that he had learned to be content in any economic state, that\u00a0he had learned the secret of living on much or little.\u00a0 Then in verse 13 he says,<strong> &#8220;I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.&#8221; <\/strong>When is the last time you thought about this verse in the context of missionary support or lack of economic sustenance?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Reason #2: To\u00a0partner with missionaries in\u00a0the challenges of ministry<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Paul also mentioned that the Philippians encouraged him by their participation in the ministry in a material way.\u00a0 They shared in his affliction, i.e. as he had financial needs, they made financial sacrifices to help meet those needs, thereby feeling some of his pain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Nevertheless, you have done well to share with me in my affliction.\u00a0\u00a0You yourselves also now, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone; for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Reason #3: To partner with the missionaries in the rewards of the work<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Paul made it very clear to the Philippians that their financial partnership with his ministry would result in heavenly rewards.\u00a0 The rewards would go the account of the givers.\u00a0 How would you like to be given credit for the fruit of Paul&#8217;s ministry.\u00a0 Well, that&#8217;s exactly what Paul said in Philippians 4:17, <em>Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for <strong>the profit which increases to your account<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You see, when you and I give financially to missions, we share in the rewards for that work.\u00a0 Since rewards are given based on our hearts, rewards given at the judgment seat of Christ\u00a0represent works that glorified God.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Giving to missions glorifies God!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/about\/contact_us\">Contact us<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/giving\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-460\" alt=\"Donate\" src=\"https:\/\/faith-blog-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/20170523134411\/Donate.jpg\" width=\"156\" height=\"56\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reason #1: To\u00a0partner with the\u00a0missionaries in the work Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Paul wrote a missionary letter to the Philippian church.\u00a0 In\u00a0Philippians 4:10-12 he\u00a0 thanks them for their financial support of him and his ministry.\u00a0 He tells them and us that he had learned to be content in any economic state, that\u00a0he&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/missions\/why-should-i-give-to-missions\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[4977],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Should I Give to Missions? 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