After your support letters go out, should you
follow that letter up with a phone call?
I believe you should.
What
should you say in that phone call? Ask
them if they received your letter and let them know what you are going to be
doing. Let them hear from you why you
are going and why God placed this trip on your heart. Let them hear your passion.
Should
you ask them to give to this trip?
Absolutely! Don’t straight out
ask them but ask them to prayerfully consider
giving to this cause.
Many
of you never realized that you needed to ASK people to give your cause. Most of
you think that once you sent out your support letter your part was
finished. That is not true, ASKING is a
necessary step. Always keep in mind
that you are not asking for money for yourself, but you are asking for money
for the poorest of poor all over the world.
How do you
feel about the asking?
- Spiritual people don’t ask for
money. They pray and God moves people to give. - AIM should raise the funds for
you. - Raise support? You have to be a
great salesman to succeed. - Christians should only give to
their local church.
There is a big fear factor is raising support.
Ninety-two percent of all Christian workers experience fear of asking for money
and the other eight percent are liars.
Here
are a couple Bible studies that will help you face some of those fears and help
give you the confidence in God that you need. They helped me when I first
started in the support raising process.
Deuteronomy
8: Moses Explanation of the Wilderness Journey
- What are the Lord’s main
commands in the chapter? - What did he want Israel
to learn by wandering in the desert? (vv. 2-6) - What does he now promise? (vv.
7-10) - What are his warnings? (vv.
11-20) - How are you in a similar
position to the Israelites?
1
Kings 17:1-16: The Lord’s Provision During Depression
- What would your reaction be if
you were Elijah when the brook went dry? - What happened as a result about
the Lord’s care and power over “the economy”? - When were you sure of something
God called you to do, but it looked impossible? What did you do/ What
happened?
When it happens again, what should you do?
