Twelve Thousand Dollars

Yesterday, Lifepoint church "GAVE" away $12,ooo.oo to it's members. Yes, I said GAVE! We are in a series called Gametime and it has been focusing on creating margin in your budget, generosity and giving. Yesterday, we did somthing much different that usual, we took up offering in the beginning of service and not the end. Different yes but Lifepoint's known to shake things up a bit so I wasnt too concerned. Then after the message was preached, the ushers came by with tons of little white envelopes. In these envelopes were money in increments of 1, 10, 20, 500 and even 1,000.00. We were instructed to open our envelopes when we left to see how much money we had gotten. And then, we were instructed on what to do with Gods money in the envelopes. Rule 1- We couldnt give it back to Lifepoint (hence the offering had already been taken so we couldnt sneak the money back in!!). Rule 2-The money muct be used to bless someone else in the way God intended. Rule 3- We have to post our story on www.lifepointgivesback.org . So, Chad received 10.00, I received 100.00, Canaan got 20.00 and Katrina got 20.00. Not sure yet on how are are going to use it but we have decided to pool our money together to bless someone with 150.00. We are going to be praying over the next few days to see where it goes. Seriously, have you ever heard of a more generous thing from a church?