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So this church receives a million dollar endowment from a fellow who died. It's a good thing that the pastor of the church asked his congregation to pray about how to spend the money. Time will tell on what they end up deciding, but in the meantime I have a suggestion on how to spend the money:
Is. 58:6-10 “...to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter — when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
"Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise..."
Ja. 1:27 "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
See, that was easy, wasn't it? Christians really don't need to pray about things that God has already commanded.
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The estate of a reclusive railroad retiree who lived in a small motor home without running water has donated $1 million to a northwestern Montana church where his mother taught Sunday school and Bible study classes.
The Daily Inter Lake reports executor Doug Johnson announced Roger Wold’s bequest on Sunday at Christ Lutheran Church in Whitefish. He said he was made in honor of Wold’s mother, Dee Wold.
Wold was 75 when he died in February 2012.
Johnson says Wold lived frugally so he could buy real estate and that he owned lots along Whitefish Lake, including an 80-acre parcel where he parked his motor home.
The Rev. John Bent asked the congregation to pray for the next 40 days to consider how the money might best be spent.
The Daily Inter Lake reports executor Doug Johnson announced Roger Wold’s bequest on Sunday at Christ Lutheran Church in Whitefish. He said he was made in honor of Wold’s mother, Dee Wold.
Wold was 75 when he died in February 2012.
Johnson says Wold lived frugally so he could buy real estate and that he owned lots along Whitefish Lake, including an 80-acre parcel where he parked his motor home.
The Rev. John Bent asked the congregation to pray for the next 40 days to consider how the money might best be spent.
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