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Scripts/Print Version of True
Stories for Week 1 |
Day 1 – A single mom’s grocery money
Nancy was a single
mother with young children. Her ex-husband sent her only a small
amount of grocery money every week--so small it couldn’t even feed 1
person, much less her family of 4. But Nancy decided to begin giving
to God from her little bit of grocery money and trust Him to
provide. Shortly after, she got a job with a cookbook company. The
company paid Nancy to go grocery shopping and prepare meals so they
could take photographs for their cookbooks. When they were done
taking pictures, Nancy could keep the food she had purchased and
prepared. Isn’t that an amazing story of God’s goodness? Nancy
learned that even if you’re poor, you still need to learn to give
from whatever you have.
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This is a true story in a series of radio spots by Brian
Kluth of
www.GiveWithJoy.org
and
www.kluth.org
Day 2 - African man saves children going blind
While
ministering in Africa, I met a Christian worker who raised his 6
children on $10 a month. He told me the story of how children in his
village were going blind because of a disease that could be
prevented with medicine that only cost 50 cents. He began to pray
and ask God to send a rich person to their village to help give the
money for the medicine, but no one ever came. As he kept praying,
the Lord told him he should give the money to buy the
medicine. But with 6 children and only a $10 a month salary, he
couldn’t see how he could do this. But he and his family prayed and
decided that every month they would buy the medicine to help one
child. When I last spoke with him, he'd been doing this for 7 years
and had saved 84 children from going blind. And his family saw God
meet all of their needs.
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This is a true story in a series of radio spots by Brian
Kluth of
www.GiveWithJoy.org
and
www.kluth.org
Day 3 – NBC TV reporter asks, “Does God want
you rich?”
After
my 40-Day Spiritual
Journey to a More Generous Life book became an unexpected
bestseller, I was contacted by NBC to do a TV news story. When the
TV reporter interviewed me, she asked, “So, you think God wants
everyone rich?” I said, “No, I don’t believe that.” She was a little
surprised by my answer and then asked, “Well, what do you believe?”
I responded, “I believe that everyone needs to learn to become more
generous with whatever God has given them.” She then asked, “Well,
didn’t your book becoming a bestseller make you rich?” I replied,
“No, it helped me become more generous!” The truth is--every one of
us in America is rich when you compare us to the rest of the world.
What each of us needs to learn is how to become more generous with
whatever God entrusts to us.
BACK TO THE TOP
This is a true story in a series of radio spots by Brian
Kluth of
www.GiveWithJoy.org
and
www.kluth.org
Day 4 - A middle-class family becomes
millionaire givers
Steve
owned a small business and had an annual salary of $50,000. He went
to a conference where Dr. Bill Bright challenged people to give a
million dollars to the LORD’s work. Steve told Dr. Bright it would
be impossible for his family to give a million dollars. Dr. Bright
asked, “How much money did you make last year, and how much did you
give?” Steve said, “My salary is $50,000 and we gave $15,000.” Dr.
Bright said, “Next year, trust God to help you give $50,000.” But
Steve said, “That’s my entire salary!” Dr. Bright said, “Trust God
and see how He provides.” With God’s help, Steve’s business did well
and his family joyfully gave $50,000. The following year, God helped
them give $100,000. Each year, his family lived on his $50,000
salary and gave all their extra income to the LORD’s work. Within
several years, they gave over a million dollars!
BACK TO THE TOP
This is a true story in a series of radio spots by Brian
Kluth of
www.GiveWithJoy.org
and
www.kluth.org
Day 5 - Young girls helps buy multimillion
dollar camp for $1.00
I heard
a missionary tell an amazing story of a child’s generosity. John
Bechtel, a missionary in Hong Kong, wanted to start a Christian camp
to reach people for Christ. A bankrupt multimillion-dollar hotel and
conference center became available for sale. He made an offer to
purchase the property and then traveled around the world to raise
the millions he would need. But no one was willing to help and he
returned to Hong Kong discouraged. Then one day he got a letter from
a young girl that included $1 and a note saying she wanted him to
use this to buy the camp. John Bechtel prayed and took the girl’s $1
to the real estate closing and the corporation decided to accept the
$1 as full payment! Since the camp first opened, over a million
people have come and over 100,000 have accepted Christ.
BACK TO THE TOP
This is a true story in a series of radio spots by Brian
Kluth of
www.GiveWithJoy.org
and
www.kluth.org
Day 6 - Managing God's supply line for over 40
years
In the
1950’s, Ressa and Al took $5,000 out of their savings and gave it to
a pastor who wanted to start a Christian camp. The pastor ultimately
left his church so he could direct the camp ministry full-time. For
the next 40 years, Ressa and Al sent money to the camp every month.
The first year, only 19 children attended the camp, but now
thousands come to the camp every year. While the camp director was
on the the front lines, Ressa and Al helped man the supply line with
their monthly gifts. 1 Samuel 30:24 says those who stay with the
supplies will share equally with those in the battle. In heaven,
Ressa and Al will get to meet thousands of people they helped lead
to Christ through their faithful and generous giving that helped
start and sustain that camp for many years.
BACK TO THE TOP
This is a true story in a series of radio spots by Brian
Kluth of
www.GiveWithJoy.org
and
www.kluth.org
Day 7 - A Communist learns God is the Owner
and Provider
A
number of years ago, I was teaching a seminar on what the Bible
teaches about finances to Christians in Eastern Europe. After the
seminar, one of the people came and told me how much the teaching
helped everyone. He said during the 70 years communism was in their
country, people were told the Communist government owned everything
and the government would provide for everyone. He went on to say
that communism fell, and people came from America and said that
capitalism was the way to go--where people own everything and they
have to provide for themselves. He then said, today I learned the
best news of all. God is the owner of everything and He is our
provider. He learned people must be faithful and generous with
whatever God gives them.
BACK TO THE TOP
This is a true story in a series of radio spots by Brian
Kluth of
www.GiveWithJoy.org
and
www.kluth.org
