God is so amazing! For six months, we have been saving, scrimping, praying, planning and letting God move and in just ONE Sunday 441 OGBC'ers came together to worship and be used of God with the goal of removing ourselves from the bondage of debt! Our goal six months ago was $240,000 however, while we have been planning and preparing we have also been faithfully paying our debt down with regular payments – so today's target – Just shy of $232,000! At the start of the service, we prayed and took our offering – committing to God the gifts that we have been planning on for months now.
We sang songs of worship and praise throughout the rest of the service led by Grace College's Sound Investment and then at the very end I was handed an envelope with the numbers! DRUM ROLL, Please!
177 people or family units participated in the miracle! A record one day participation for giving!
Actual in hand gifts - $199,875! As I shared that with people someone handed me a $125 check to make it an even $200,000! Isn't God amazing! Indescribable? Unfathomable? Abundant?
"Yours, O Lord, is the GREATNESS and the POWER and the GLORY and the MAJESTY and the SPLENDOR, everything in heaven and earth are yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom, You are exalted as head over all!
Wealth and honor come from You, you are the ruler of all things. In Your hands are strength and honor to exalt and give strength to all.
NOW, our God, we give YOU thanks and PRAISE YOUR glorious name!" 1 Chronicles 29:11-13
God working through His obedient people willingly sacrificing as a family!
PS – General Fund was over $13,500, too !!
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