Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want.

The vermin explain their sin with sanctimonious language like, "We've prayed about it and sought counsel, and we feel it's the right thing to do." Don't let it down on them that to the Enemy what they feel is inconsequential. His moral laws don't give a rip about how any of them feel. The sludgebags have no more power to vote them in and out of existence than they have power to revoke the law of gravity.

Give sacrificially. We don't like risky faith. We like to have our safety net below us. But we miss the adventure of seeing God provide when we've really stretched ourselves in giving.

It's dangerous faith in our untamed Savior that leads us to the joy we crave.

You and I are characters in God's Story, handmade by Him. Every character serves a purpose.

Give more as you make more. Remember: God prospers us not to raise our standard of living, but to raise our standard of giving.

Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.