We need to give you an update on our ministry financial support status.  But before we do that, here’s some Biblical perspective a friend shared with us a few months back when the news media was all over the crisis in the economy.  This is so good:

God is sovereign. His goodness and mercy never goes into recession!

As I read the newspaper and all of the economic ‘highlights’ every day, I thought of headlines I don’t think we’ll ever see…

• Fed Adopts Biblical Prinicples; Pays Off National Debt
• President Leads Nation in Fasting and Prayer / Calls on People To Change Their Wrong Habits
• IRS Agent Confesses to Bilking Taxpayers / Promises to Pay Back Every Dollar Fourfold.

That may seem humorous at this moment, but all three of those are direct from the Bible.

In Deuteronomy 28, God promised that if the nation followed him, they would be debt free and lend to other nations.

In Jonah 3, the king of Nineveh heard Jonah’s proclamation of doom and immediately fell to his knees in prayer and repentance, calling on all the people to do the same.

And in Luke 19:8, Zaccheus-a tax collector-met Christ personally and promised to restore 4x over anyone he defrauded.

It can be hard to filter out truth from the news, especially because the news media seems to thrive on the bad news more than the good news.

In light of that, here’s another headline:

• God announces global stimulus package: Follow Me and have all you need.

The great news is that God is still in charge. His portfolio has not changed.

That’s good stuff to remember. Especially as we look at our financial needs for the remainder of 2009. The key however – as promised in God’s Word – is to make Jesus the focus. He is the Provider and He loves to give! He wants us to ask, seek and knock for our monetary needs.

Will you join us?

As we mentioned in a financial update at the beginning of the year, we need an additional $1,100/month to stay healthy in ministry in 2009. What we’re really asking the Lord is to provide at least 14 new financial partners who can give monthly or annually to meet this need.

In addition, we have a special one time need of approximately $1,800 which we just blogged about. Your gifts make a huge difference!

You may give a gift online. If you need further instructions or prefer give by check, see here: https://give.ccci.org/pages/Contribution_By_Mail.html