Faith Promise Offerings (FPO)

FPO is money given to the Lord to enable soul harvesters to bring in the lost.

Learning to use earthly things correctly is one of the greatest challenges facing Christians today.

In the light of the recent world conditions, and the commands of Christ, we must give everything above basic necessities to complete World Evangelism

What the FPO is:

1. I hear the heart of the Lord concerning the lost


2. I cannot go myself but I want to enable others to go in my place


3. FPO is money given to the Lord to enable Soul Harvesters to bring in the lost.


4. I don't have the money but I promise by faith to give, in dependance upon the Lord.


5. It is a personal commitment to God


6. It is an opportunity for trusting God.


7. It is an expression of willing obedience to God


8. A promise to God... in dependance on Him.


9. It is the availing of my resources to God to bring in the Lost.

What the FPO is not!

It is not:

1. A gimmick


2. A pledge


3. A commitment to a person or a committee


4. A cash offering


5. My normal tithes


6. My normal offering money


7. Money I have in the bank


8. Money I have spare every month


9. Money I can afford

FPO is a matter of the heart:

1. I do not have the money I promise


2. I believe that God will enable me to give.


3. FPO money is miracle money


4. Every month I trust god to enable me to give


5. I believe God


6. I promise by faith


7. God provides


8. I also make sacrifices to give my FPO.

AT THE END OF THE MONTH:

1. I write out my tithing cheque


2. I put my normal offering money aside


3. I write out my FPO cheque

HOW GOD ACTS UPON MY FAITH

God then takes care of the rest of my budget in the following miraculous ways:

1. Increase in salary


2. Promotion at work


3. Blesses my business endeavours


4. New business contacts come in


5. Payment of monies owed to me comes in


6. Faithful, trustworthy employees work for me

Keep it Simple:

1. Live a simpler lifestyle


2. Live sacrificially


3. Live less luxuriously


4. Spend your resources responsibly, in the light of eternity


5. Always ask: Can I go without this?


6. Employ my talents and giftings to make extra money to give to missions.

What value the Faith Promise Offering holds:

1. It facilitates systemic giving throughout the year


2. It generates more money for world missions than any other method


3. It enables church leadership to plan ahead for their world missions involvement


4. It opens a way to increased growth and maturity

A biblical call to missions support

3 John v 7-8 says: It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans. We ought therefore to show hospitality to such men so that we may work together for the truth.

More Verses about churches giving for God's cause:

Phil 4:10-20

2 Cor 8:1-5

2 Cor 8: 6-15

2 Cor 9: 1-15

Conclusion:

When the power of faith and promise, the enabling grace of God, and a vision for the unreached people of the Earth converge in the local church, there is hardly a limit to what can be accomplished for world evengelism.

God bless you .

David will at some future time share his testimony about how God blessed him in a surprising way when he decided to participate in Faith Promise Offering.