the generosity experiment

Nick's Story

2008-11-17T08:09:00.000-08:00

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Kathy's Story

2008-11-16T13:51:00.000-08:00

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Zach's Story

2008-10-29T08:41:00.001-07:00

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The Professor

2008-10-22T10:26:00.001-07:00

Neil & Priscilla's story

2008-10-15T07:33:00.001-07:00

In 2001, about 9 months after we got married, we moved to Houston, TX for Neil to return to college for a masters degree. As soon as we moved there, there were 2 tropical storms that caused a major flood, then 9/11 occurred. It took 4 months for Priscilla to get a job and in the meantime, both Neil and our daughter were full time college students.

One day while Priscilla was still looking for a job, both of us watched a Daystar TV telethon where a preacher was asking for $1000 donations. We were running out of our savings but felt called to respond to this appeal and made a pledge. The bill came in and still no job, no way to pay it.

A couple of weeks later, we received a box by Special Delivery mail service containing $10,000 cash from one of our relatives! God GAVE us the $1000 to pay our pledge as the tithe (10%) on this money AND provided extra in our time of need!

The Bible says "And [God] Who provides seed for the sower and bread for eating will also provide and multiply your [resources for] sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness [which manifests itself in active goodness, kindness, and charity]. II Corinthians 9:10 (Amplified Bible) We thought twice about sharing this story but we realize that for God to get the glory for what He did for us, we have to tell it. After all this time, we are still amazed.

Ryan's story

2008-10-14T12:39:00.001-07:00

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test Me now in this...

2008-09-25T11:14:00.000-07:00

During our "Larger than Life" message series, Pastor Kirk taught about generosity toward God. The Bible even instructs us to test God and see if He won't honor our giving.

So we want to put it to the test!

For the remainder of 2008, we as a church are coming together to participate in an experiment - The Generosity Experiment. We are going to honor God with our generosity toward Him, His house and His people. We'll put it to the test to see if he really "opens the windows of heaven!"

The way we're doing this is by participating in giving in three areas ::

1) Tithe :: this is the most important first step with our finances. God asks for our first and our best 10% of all of our increase. The Bible teaches us that if we honor God with our tithe, God will open the windows of Heaven over our lives. We want to live blessed lives, not just for our sake, but for the sake of the people in our world. That's why it's so important to honor God with our tithe.

2) C2 :: We strongly believe in equipping and empowering the next generation for success, as well as reaching and touching as many people as possible. C2 is how we fund this vision. Through media, facilities, missions and outreach, we are able to bring the love of Christ to countless people. Every month we take one Sunday to focus on the C2 campaign, and we ask you to prayerfully consider your place in expanding God's reach through our church.

3) Christmas for Kids :: The Rock Church has faithfully made Christmas happen for hundreds of children for the last several years. This is our heart, our passion and our pleasure: to bless the less fortunate. This year we're, determined to bless more families than ever before. We would love for every person to participate in this wonderful opportunity at some level.

The Generosity Experiment is simply about giving this "generosity" thing a try. Why not test God in this for the remainder of the year? Let's be a generous people and touch God's heart and bless thousands of others along the way!