Greetings! (Especially to Legacy attenders and all the folks that connect by blog or i-tunes)

The Scripture says that "we have not because we ask not..."; so after prayer and thoughtful meditation I am going to share something that I want you to pray about and perhaps participate in. As you know, we are planting a Cross and walking by faith. We are doing no "faith pledges" or other gimmicky things to solicit money or run the church budget. I have determined to believe that a church can go forward in the Will of God abundantly through the faithful people who obey God in the tithe and offering, as well as the sacrifice of the saints to do even greater things that He has called us to. I believe God is interested in being our Jehovah-Jireh (God our provider) in these days when we are told this economy is being crippled by a recession. The church is not subject to recessions because we function in His Kingdom. I walk by faith in those truths even as I am constantly being challenged through the media outlets who do their best to keep us in fear.

Having said all of that I feel led to challenge us all to be sure we are staying sensitive and attuned to the Holy Spirit with regards to our finances and where we are at and where we need to be as a church moving forward in vision. I would normally share all of this in morning worship service, but realizing that this Sunday is Easter Sunday and there can be more guests worshiping with us, I did not want to leave them with the feeling that all we talk about is "money". You and I both know that is simply not true, but there are times we must keep the congregation up to date and put our requests "out there" for prayer and possible answers that may be sitting under our own noses.

I told you that last year was our greatest financial year in Legacy history (Go God!). That was incredibly encouraging. On that basis, I believed that we could expand some of the ministry areas and do some things that had been put on hold (like new office equipment, meager raises for some of the staff, potential technology upgrades, etc.) as well as push ahead on raising money to tend to our property and "Plant a Cross". The report is after the first quarter that we are running in our budget only a few thousand dollars behind of where we were last year. That could be easily made up through this month. However, I also had the Charleston Fire Inspector come through our building and he informed me that I was going to have to change some things to conform to code in our building. This renovation will cost a couple of thousand of dollars which to be candid, wasn't in the budget. Here is what I am asking members, attenders, blog readers, and i-tune listeners to do:

1. Please put these needs before the Lord in prayer. The Scripture says that our "needs" are met already in Christ Jesus. I believe God wants and wills to meet these needs that are in His House.

2. What might the Lord say to you about being a part of meeting this need and getting everything up to date? Could it be that He might challenge you to plant seed or release finance that He could use to open things up for you as it blesses the ministry at Legacy Church. Like I said, I am just asking. If you are not able, then I still need your prayer agreement to believe that God will open that door of resource to us.

3. If you are not an official member or attender of Legacy Church, but you keep tabs on us through the website media, could you pray and ask God as well about your part of helping this ministry? Let me be clear, your tithe goes TO YOUR LOCAL CHURCH (storehouse). However, I do believe God moves on people's hearts to give offerings in amazing, providential ways. Maybe you are one of those people. I have some tremendous miracle stories through the years of just that happening.

Again, thanks for letting me share. We are in a healthy place as a church and have an open heaven over the ministry. Together, we will continue to believe God until every promise He has spoken we shall see with our eyes!

Love you all.

Pastor