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Learning to Acknowledge Our Gifts and Talents and Those of Others. Jenny has spoken at a variety of national, international and local conferences throughout the years. She especially loves uplifting others through her engaging presentations laced with stories from the Bible, making them highly relevant and interactive with contemporary subject matter.
Ask Amazing Grace
Learning to Acknowledge Our Gifts and Talents and Those of Others. Jenny has spoken at a variety of national, international and local conferences throughout the years. She especially loves uplifting others through her engaging presentations laced with stories from the Bible, making them highly relevant and interactive with contemporary subject matter.
People always ask me for money and I give to everyone. It affects my own income, what should I do?
Ask Amazing Grace:
Q. People always ask me for money and I give to everyone. It affects my own income, what should I do?
A: You are obviously a very generous person with a big heart. I think its right to take care of others when God directed but not to the detriment of oneself. Each scenario needs to be prayed about for the right solution. Sometimes giving money is the answer. I support a variety of causes and receive requests from myriad organizations to help them too. Also, people on the street might ask or simply look like they need food and shelter. One year my daughter and I purchased food, water, hats, scarves, gloves and other items and put them in bags. We included a religious article about Home and everyone’s God given right to have a good place to live. It spoke about how to pray effectively and where to go for spiritual support. We handed them out in the streets of NYC. In addition, I might purchase food for someone rather than hand them money.
This story from Acts 3 addresses your question. “Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.
When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.
Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God. (NIV)
Isn’t this the real need for everyone. Its to know that God gives us what will truly bless us. Giving that lame man money would only benefit him temporarily but giving him the ability to walk and care for himself had long lasting value. We too can listen to God’s answer to what would best help each individual. God is the source of all good and when we direct each person to learning about God and His infinite ways to take care of all our needs, we will give that person the best gift in the world.
FAQS
Why Should We Tell Stories?
I love to tell stories from the Bible because I see how each related to our challenges today. We learn from history and most importantly we discover how and why we should trust God with our lives. The Bible stories show us how to live our lives with peace, love, joy and an abundance of God’s treasures.
Many who have never read the Bible before now become interested in scripture because it crosses time and cultural barriers to become relevant to today’s audience.
The Biblical Storytelling event provides irrefutable evidence of God’s love and power to change lives!
How do I Make My Faith Relevant?
It is not unusual today for church leadership to conduct major surveys on the topic of connecting with the congregation during worship and the resulting vitality of the church. They inquire whether worship usually includes various types of visuals, electric guitars, or visual projection, etc. … but they don’t delve into whether scripture is read during those times.
It could be said that reading from the Bible in public is indeed declining. David Roozen, a religion researcher, identified this as a “…profound religious and foundational” mega trend in religion in North America. He says that there is a shift happening toward focus on the Spirit and away from the Word of God itself. It is not unusual for church leadership to see worshipers tune out during times the Bible is read. But there is a solution.
Within the results of their inquiries, they discovered that worshipers focus alertly on biblical storytelling. Biblical storytellers are today creating more engagement with worshipers by presenting biblical stories than singing hymns.
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