One of the hardest sentences for a missionary to say is: “We need money to fund this ministry, would you like to support us?” Why is that? What is it that has caused us to find it rude to ask for money for the Kingdom? Instead, we try to protect ourselves. We hint that we need money. We ask for prayer that the money will come in when what we are really thinking is, “if you know we have the need, than maybe you will feel compelled to give.” Unfortunately for the asker, no one wants to be hinted into giving, so we are left with exactly what we asked for: a lot of people praying that the money will come in.
What we need to do is to get into our minds that we are doing something that is of eternal consequence and we really do have every reason to ask for this money. Either we are running the biggest scam out there, or we are giving people the opportunity to support something wonderful. We need to understand that supporting God’s work is not a burden, but a privilege.
So stop hinting. Ask for what you want. If you want prayer, ask for it, but don’t use it to hide behind asking for what you really need. Be bold, after all, if you believe in your ministry enough to sacrifice all you have for it, than people will believe in it enough to spend their tithes on it.
