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Giving Away Growth

Perfume Bottle Having said this, I feel it's important to understand that it's not being small that's bad but wanting to remain small. The third steward's mistake was thinking it was maintaining the small amount he had that mattered, rather than putting it at risk so that it might earn growth. Church people must realize that even though their faith in Christ is like precious perfume in earthenware pottery to them, in order to keep it they have to keep on giving it away! Every church should be striving for growth, and the only effective means is evangelism. Like the chorus, "Love is something if you give it away," each church and each individual needs to practice giving away their faith to people constantly, giving away their love abundantly and giving away their money generously. As the song says, "You'll end up having more!"

For this reason, I would recommend that every local church people hold at least one dedicated piece of evangelistic work every year and set aside part of their budget accordingly. Better still, that every group of people within that church have one or more church growth activities of its own as well as a major thrust together! Before this can happen however, we need to shake off the idea that we are meant to be small. This is an obstacle to church growth.

"Giving away Growth."

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