Emphasis Preaching Journal
Every congregation standing on the...
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Every congregation standing on the threshold of a capital campaign or the challenge of a greatly increased church budget will raise the concerns of the widow in Zarephath. "We are already doing all we can do, how will we find money to build a new fellowship hall, increase our giving to outreach, pave the parking lot, so forth and so on? We are so small in numbers. We will never be able to do it. We don't have enough to keep our own household together, how can we do this for the church? I had already planned to fix a last meal for my sons and myself and then die (v. 12b).