Many years ago, there was a women who went to our church here in Fort Worth. Her deceased husband had left her a small pension from his work in the railroad which included a few benefits. She was a dedicated member of the church, a consistent tither, and a generous giver. One day she came into the church and handed me an offering of several thousand dollars, something that she had never done before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is my entire savings account pastor.\u201d She told me. I had an idea of how much she made with her pension. She would have had to been saving for a couple years in order to have gathered a seed of this size. I would never encourage anyone to give away their savings; unless someone is directed by God, I would think this type of giving is foolhardy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow sister, this is just too much! You don\u2019t need to give this.\u201d I told her, but she was not moved. She looked me square in the eyes and said, \u201cBob Nichols, you take this offering. You have been teaching about giving and I want to give this as a significant seed.\u201d See, this is the posturing of people who are operating by faith in their giving. They aren\u2019t moved by what anyone says to them. So I took the offering, believing for her to receive a harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A couple weeks she told me that a friend of her husband had come over and asked her if she had heard about a obscure part of the pension that she would have to sign up for in order to benefit. She had not and after she signed up, she received double the amount of money per month than she had been receiving and she also was given more benefits! When you sow a seed in faith the result is a harvest of multiplication!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Many years ago, there was a women who went to our church here in Fort Worth. Her deceased husband had left her a small pension from his work in the railroad which included a few benefits. She was a dedicated member of the church, a consistent tither, and a generous giver. One day she came … <\/p>\n