40acts: The Lent Generosity ChallengeSample

People who have given their time and their lives to share the good news might be in a far-flung country, or might look like your senior pastor or youth intern. And they’re just as human as we are. They get tired, they feel like stopping and they get homesick. 

As a body of believers we should encourage and support our brothers and sisters who are spreading the gospel in places or ways that we can’t. Your generosity could be in the encouragement they need to keep going or even the answer to prayer that they are waiting for.

 A friend of mine felt called to live on mission for a few years. With no income, she said ‘yes’ to her first trip overseas. That week, an anonymous bank deposit brought her balance up to the exact figure of her plane ticket cost. As she paid it off in gratitude, she realised she had no money left for food. At the end of that week, her mission leader came to her and told her that another anonymous giver had paid her ticket. All the money she’d paid, she could have back for food! 

Acts 2:44 says the believers had ‘everything in common’. They shared their money and skills and time with each other.
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How can you encourage and support those doing good?

 Find more about today’s 40acts challenge on our blog:  https://40acts.org.uk/act-17-mission-accomplished/