Plastic Donuts by Jeff Anderson

Author:Jeff Anderson [Anderson, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-60142-529-4
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2013-05-21T00:00:00+00:00

PROMPTS ARE LIKE SNOWFLAKES

Cringe alerts can sound when the topics of freewill gifts and commands are combined in the same sentence. It screams contradiction, or maybe split personality. This is partly because giving prompts—whether the direct kind or the more subtle whispers—are like snowflakes. No two are exactly alike. Not everyone experiences them the same way.

I once experienced a heart prompt while listening to a man share his story about giving. Meanwhile, a friend who heard the same testimony found it to be offensive. His heart was not prompted at all.

On another occasion, I was listening to a giving message at a banquet. The message did nothing for me, but it generated heart prompts for other people seated at my table.

Sometimes heart prompts strike us uniquely at different times. Have you ever read a familiar Scripture passage, but this time the words jumped off the page in ways they had not done before? The command may not have been new to you. But this time it penetrated your heart differently, calling for obedience and action.

Or maybe you see a needy person on the street differently than how you’ve seen the needy in the past. It might even be the same person you’ve seen before, but for some reason this time you feel something different inside.

God initiates heart prompts to draw you near to Him. He knows what a particular giving opportunity will do for you and what it can do for Him too. When you notice a prompt in your heart, you should take it personally because it is personal.

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