Offerings (finance)

LED BY THE SPIRIT ZION IL 52-0727

E-5 I hear that some gallant men did something here about the expense on this auditorium. How I thank you, my brothers. God bless you.

We're never out to receive finance, never. If I ever get that in my--my mind, God help me to act gentlemen enough about me to walk off the field and pray through till God gets my heart right with Him, again. See? It's not that. But we are a little bit desperately needy now. It's true, 'cause I was out of the service for about seven months. Went several hundreds of dollars in debt, and I've got to get that up. And then I've got to make up my budget for overseas where I know a vision is calling me. And I believe when it's all made up, then God will let me go.

And your offering, it went today... Brother Baxter said they had a love offering. I appreciate that with all my heart. Just as soon as I can, the Lord will send me to a--to the field.

JAIRUS THE SECRET BELIEVER MACON GA 55-0604

E-3 I always keep my meetings rather small, because that I don't have to--to beg for offerings to pay off the expenses. If one thing that I think that I glory in the Lord Jesus for helping me in that manner. I don't have nothing that I have to support like a radio program, or television program, or anything.

I just come and visit you and little expenses that we have we take it up right away, and I never will permit people to--to beg for money regardless of how far we go in debt, they can't do it. The manager's ever found begging that's the last time he's a manager, 'cause we are not to take people's money. We're here to help you, to bring something to you, and you're a blessing to us. And we do not come for your money, and we try to keep that clean and clear worldwide.

Now, we close the service, the Lord willing, Sunday a week and then Thursday I go to Switzerland, and then from Switzerland perhaps to Frankfurt, Germany, and then up into Sweden, if the Lord willing and back to the States again to continue the services up through Canada.

WAY TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP CHICAGO IL 55-1009

E-7 And awhile ago when Brother Joseph made mention that they would take a love offering for me for these nights that I been here... And I do appreciate it, and perhaps, the brethren are counting it now. And after the service, before I leave, they'll perhaps, hand me the check for it. And I thank you. I wished I didn't have to take it, but I'm overseas, been overseas a lot now, and I have no capital. And I just have to have a meeting here in America once in a while. My expenses runs me about a hundred dollars a day for office and everything, regardless of where I am. And I go way, way, way, way, back in debt. Then I'll have a few meetings, they'll give me a love offerings; I get about caught up. Then somebody come along wants to sponsor me overseas, away I go to preach the Gospel.

BLIND BARTIMAEUS SAN FERNANDO CA 55-1115

E-20 And it's a four hundred and seventy million people in India, but there's many many millions of them that are beggars. They lay on the street like cord wood, right in Bombay.

And I remember after the first night... And the people knowed where we were staying there, that Taj Majah Hotel. The next morning...

I had some money that was American money. And I take up offerings for overseas, and put it in till we got enough to go over, then go preach the Gospel, and then come back and have some more American meetings, then get enough money and go over and go preach and then come back.

And so I had some money that people had give me to give to the people. And so I went out. I thought, "Well, I'll just get it changed into--into Indian rupees. And so I went out into the street. And I'll tell you, they almost had to have every... the army to get me out of the street. They tramp on you and everything, run over you, beggars, when they knew I was up there. It was such a pitiful thing.

JUNCTION OF TIME JEFF IN 56-0115

E-32 Said Abraham, while his prophet sat under his tent an old man, up in the barren land... What did he care, a tent or a cottage, what it'd make any difference to him? He was heir of all of it. Everything belonged to him, and he knew it. So does the believer know today. What do we care about these earthly things? That's why I quit the meetings not long ago, because I would not pinch the people for offerings. I don't care what people say; I believe that God's big enough to supply everything He has need of. Yes, sir. I'd rather eat soda crackers and drink branch water, and preach the Gospel, then to have the fine things of the world. Matter, if we can him to commit ourselves into His hands and look for the omnipotence. That's right. Watch where it's at.

SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEPFOLD CHICAGO IL 56-0403

E-16 A few nights ago I'd come from down in--a few months ago, rather, from the meeting. And I was discouraged in California. And I... My meetings had failed terribly. And I'd promised the Lord if He ever failed me... When I started on the field, I know there's two or three things that a minister has to watch, and one of them is money. So money, popularity, women and so forth... So I'd made a pledge to God. I found out that Samson fell because of Delilah, the--the woman. And I found out that Saul fell because of pride. And Balaam fell because of money. And all those things are written for our examples, said the book of Hebrews. And we watch those things and keep the Blood cover between us and those things.

And as went along, I said, "Now, Lord, I know there'll be a lot of money mixed up in this, but naked came I into the world and naked shall I return (See?), and You help me." And by God's grace, it's been wonderful. And so I said, "If You ever go to failing me where you have to beg for money or put strain on offerings, I--I come in off the field." And I did when I--I failed six thousand dollars, or fifteen thousand dollars, rather, in California. And the...

THY FAITH HAS SAVED THEE SHREVEPORT LA 56-0802

E-9 But, someone give me a car. Brother Moore started off; some people took up some offerings down through here. I got a car and I've been swapping it in every year; and an old truck. That's my possessions.

Maybe a couple a hundred dollars in the bank... Takes about a hundred dollars a day to run my business. You could imagine, we're overdrawn half the time. If you don't believe it, just write to the company (the bank) and you'll see. That's right. What little I have in the love offering at the end of the meeting, when we're through with all expense, that settles it. At the end of the meeting, you take up a love offering. If it's enough, I go home and ask my secretary how much does the office need, how far are we back drawn? We fill up--up, pay off everything we can. If there's any bit left over at all, to carry me and the boy in the next meeting, I put it into foreign missions. Someday I'm going to have to answer for every penny of money that's been given me. And if I put it to God's work, I want to be a good steward of His affair. I try that; God knows that's the truth. That's right.

SIGN OF THE TIME BANGOR ME 58-0520

E-3 We thank you all. And I didn't get a chance, because I didn't know that they had did it, till it was too late. The other night, they taken a love offering for me. And I certainly appreciate that. I've tried to keep my record clear of offerings.

I've been in the ministry twenty-seven years and never took a offering in my life. I pastored the Baptist Tabernacle at Jeffersonville for seventeen years without one penny salary or taking a offering of any kind. I was the State Game Warden of Indiana, and I worked for my living and I...

Money's kind of an odd thing to me. I don't... I found out you have it. And my expenses at home is not much. I--I've tried to keep my services then to a place to where they wouldn't run heavy. You take... If I'd just let it go, why, I might've been under a big obligation. My obligation's about... Well, my office is about a--I imagine a hundred dollars a day will clear me up.

AS THE EAGLE STIRRETH UP HER NEST CHATAUQUA OH 59-0815

E-4 And now, for my wife, and all my staff, and myself, we appreciate your fine cooperation, and for the money that you have given, so it would be possible to pay off all the debts. Everything is clear, cleared up last night. And they told me they gave me a love offering tonight. I'm grateful for that. I never come for that. But I put that in on foreign missions.

I work on a salary from my church. I get seventy-six dollars a week after everything's taken out, from my church. A hundred dollars is what I'm allotted, fifty two hundred a year. And the meetings, what the love offerings does, is going to foreign missions to help the heathen, where my heart... And when I get enough build up in a fund to send me overseas to preach, where I know that I'll have to answer at the day of judgment for what money the people give to me, then, I might give it to many fine societies: Red Cross, and all the others, and the Red Feather, and many missionaries societies. But knowing that I'm going to have to answer for it... And I do not belong to any denomination, not because I don't believe them, I do. But because I don't belong to them, it's that I can stand in between them all, and say we are brethren.

QUEEN OF SHEBA TIFTON GA 60-0110

E-4 I want to thank each and every one of you for your kindness and cooperation. There was one thing they did, that I did not agree with, but that was last night taking an offering for me. And they taken up a hundred and some dollars, seventeen--hundred and seventeen dollars or something, brought it to me. I don't know how to give it back to you. See? I--I never come for that purpose. I never took a offering in my life. Money is not the subject; it's your soul. It's the good that we can do.

I've been in the ministry thirty years. I'm an old man. And I--I have never yet taken up my first offering. And if I would've took offerings, I would've, or taken the people's money... I perhaps, had one time give me one and a half million dollars at one time from the Mission Bell Winery of the Mr. Arcalian, the owner, his wife being healed of cancer. I refused to even look at the check or the money draft. What would I want with a million and a half dollars? There's only one thing I could do with it: Give it away. And if I take it; it's taxable; the government takes the biggest part of it before I could give it away.

WORLD IS FALLING APART NY NY 63-1115

120 And today... Years ago we used to find the people in deep sincerity and worship. And today it's become a big glamor of Hollywood, just some kind of a trained music; and women up on the platform with their clothes tight enough, the skin on the outside almost, and dancing around over the platform; no sincerity, and not--almost making it just an outright ridiculous shame, and professing Christianity. I wonder if our offerings hasn't become kind of a stench in His nose again, our differences.