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WHY WE ASK FOR OFFERINGS
If you will
take the time to actually read the shared words within this
message, you may come to understand something in a different
light and find promised blessings come upon your life.
What is it that people like about the Oasis? It’s that the
Holy Spirit within. You’ve felt it. It’s why you keep coming
back. It is within every study, program, forum and within
the Oasis Chat Rooms. You can FEEL the TRUTH within the
words. As a result, it has brought forth the TRUTH that
Christianity Oasis ... Is God's Ministry.
The Oasis is VERY popular.
An average of 52,000 unique visitors come to Christianity
Oasis community monthly and over 90% of them save us to
their Favorites. We have several hundred of those that have
chosen to become members of Christianity Oasis and enjoy
many extra Christian features.
We have many teachers and pastors that write and request if
they can use our material in their preaching and teaching.
We have a plethora of testimonies that claim renewed
understanding, enhanced Faith, and lives having been
changed due to the Oasis being used as a tool of God. As a
matter of fact, we have received literally thousands of such
testimonies by E-mail.
Though we thought it was a noble thing to share this
ministry without any financial support from others, we’ve
found that it’s impossible to continue without help. As
Christians, we know that paying attention to the tiny
details of one virtue, can’t make up for the complete
neglect of another duty, so as shepherds, teachers, and
disciples of Jesus Christ and the Gospel, we have invited
and encouraged you to make an offering so that our ministry
can continue to flourish and reach more souls.
Sooooooo, here we are promoting offerings, as we
are commanded to do as for you to receive your blessings and
for us to be able to perform our task. One of the things
that we believe in at the Oasis is taking a leap of Faith.
I’m not talking about doing something that’s a little risky;
with hopes that it will benefit us in the end … I’m talking
about doing things that are so seemingly impossible that
it’s guaranteed to fail without the hand of God.
We took a
leap of Faith to create Christianity Oasis for our Father
and His children and by the Grace of God ... It is
flourishing Spiritually. But financially, it lacks and this
is where God has called on those who are being served by way
of this Ministry as He does EVERY other Ministry.
We do hope that it is not found to be true that while
many find Christianity Oasis worthy to write heart-wrenching
testimonials about, or to spend hour upon hour in fellowship
at this Spiritual Refuge, or to deepen your faith through
the thousands of written pages that we’ve created for you
where the Holy Spirit is FELT and lives changed … Yet find
that the
Oasis is not deemed as being worthy enough to give
a few dollars to.
It all boils down to this: The future of Christianity Oasis
depends on you. We’re God’s servants and yours. We love our
calling and serving you is an honor and a privilege, and I
sincerely hope from the bottom of my heart that we can
continue to do so, but if we don’t receive support from the
people who partake of this ministry, we will be forced to
consider other alternatives. It all just depends on
those who believe in the Oasis and it's purpose. Do you
believe Christianity Oasis is a Ministry of God? We believe
in YOU. By putting our Faith in God concerning this matter,
we’re also putting our Faith in you.
WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO
A few members have asked how much we need each month and
what the money goes for.
The answer is ... The Christianity Oasis web site itself
costs about $5,000.00 a year (Average over the last eight
years) to maintain at this time, but we would like to do more
advertising and purchase our own server as to reduce
freezing and make it faster and easier for our members, as
we are growing at an unbelievable rate and our current
server has suggested we do so.
However, we also have to consider the cost of the servants
that keep the Oasis going and growing for you. See, we have
chosen to give our lives to this Ministry, where we provide
others with a safe environment to learn of JESUS.
This requires that we spend 16-18 hours a day maintaining
this Christian community. This is our full time ... Job.
Our administration is very time consuming. From dealing with
keeping out various types of predators from the chat rooms
and forums that you see at other web sites, making it
unbearable to hang out there, to answering hundreds of
letters that we receive each day from lost or troubled souls
that are led here by GOD and seek answers to serious issues.
As we all know there is no quick fix, but rather a long term
foundation of TRUST must be established as we slowly lead
these lost and troubled souls back to the Lord, from some of the horrible places the
world has taken them, leaving them lost and feeling unworthy
of Love and Grace.
In addition we create new books, games, studies and programs
for our members as to provide them with educational and
spiritual means by which to continue along the Christian
path.
We upgrade to new systems as needed to keep up with the
necessary technical changes that are required as this
Ministry grows. This is just a few of our daily tasks.
I could quote Scripture upon Scripture revealing that such
servants are to be provided for by those who partake of
their works for the Lord ...
But that is not my intent. I am only answering a question
that was put to us and may be on some of the minds and
hearts of others that hang out here, as to WHY we ask for
monthly Love Offerings.
If we do not receive those funds by way of Love Offerings,
we have to work away from the Oasis as we oft times do and
the lost and troubled souls suffer as they do not get
responded to in a timely manner and they fall away. The Chat
and forums becomes a playground for predators. The studies
and programs cease. No new features are created. And, if one
will ever WATCH ... The Spirit of the Oasis slowly changes.
HOW MUCH IS NEEDED
In answer to the question of HOW MUCH? ...
How much does any household need? How much do you spend each
month on bills? We need to be able to spend every waking hour
working on the Oasis and still be able to pay the bills and
eat ...
We do NOT have a high dollar lifestyle. In fact, most would
say we live below poverty level. So, we need only enough to
pay bills and eat.
Now ... We
are VERY content, and LOVE serving the Lord, so do not get
me wrong and think we are complaining about our lifestyle
and administration. My point is that we are not seeking to
live comfortably. Just to LIVE, while we serve the Lord. The
basics are all that we require.
It costs
about about $1,700.00 per month for the five of us to
survive. Add to that the $400.00 per month for Oasis bills
and that is about $2,100.00 a month. That is to EXIST but we
would like to receive a lil more as to be able to help the Oasis
GROW. So we have set our Monthly goal at $3,000.00 per
month.
That may
sound like a lot of money, that we must come up with each
month, but in reality ... We have hundreds of long term
members and if each would give but $10.00 a month ... We
would surpass our goals.
Believe me
... We KNOW what a drag it is to talk about money. You
should try being the ones having to ask those that they
serve for their pay. That sounds weird doesn't it? How I
would have the audacity to suggest that we serve YOU. Well,
God says that is what is up and also says a servant truly is
worthy of pay for the work that he or she does for Him. You can
learn more about this on the
Tithes page.
For those who STILL cannot HEAR ...
Here is Wisdom ... People go to a Restaurant and someone
does no more than take your order and bring food to your
table and most decent people know it is righteous to give
them a TIP.
WHY? Cuz they SERVED you.
Is this not a Spiritual Restaurant for the Soul? Does your
Soul not feed here? Are we not worthy of a small tip for serving
you in the place that you find Spiritual encouragement,
education and fellowship?
If one would just give what they give a waitperson to feed the flesh, to the Lord who feeds your
SOUL. We would not have to be begging for it. Like the
waiters and waitresses that work hard for their tips, we
work hard too ... It
is not mandatory for you to give in most places nor is it
mandatory here. But it is
righteous.
[b]WE DO NOT ASK THAT A FEW MEMBERS GIVE A LOT OF DOLLARS …
BUT, THAT A LOT OF MEMBERS GIVE A FEW DOLLARS. ANY AMOUNT
WILL HELP KEEP THE OASIS HERE FOR YOU AND OTHERS. [/b]
That is the true intent of our asking for monthly Love
Offerings you know ... To keep the Oasis available for you.
One more thing ...
We were once asked by a member that read the Love Offerings
page ... Why don't you get a job?
tsk tsk ... Silly wabbit
We have a job. We work for the LORD ...
And SERVE YOU.
If you are
new to the Oasis we certainly do not expect anything from
you as you have yet to discover just what God has led you
to. But if you are a regular member here and have felt His
Spirit within the Oasis ...
GOD CHALLENGES HIS PEOPLE …
Malachi 3:10
…
Bring ye all the tithes
into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house,
and
PROVE ME NOW herewith,
saith the LORD of hosts,
if I will not open you the windows of Heaven, and pour you
out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to
receive it.
OUR LOVING FATHER SAID ... PROVE ME NOW !!!
GIVE
TITHES AND OFFERINGS TO HIS
PURPOSE AND HE WILL BRING SO MANY BLESSINGS UPON YOU
THAT THERE WILL BE NO ROOM TO RECEIVE THEM. I GUESS IT
REALLY DEPENDS ON WHETHER YOU BELIEVE CHRISTIANITY OASIS IS
A MINISTRY OF GOD IN YOUR HEART AND IF GOD KNOWS THAT.
WE CAN NOT CARRY THIS BURDEN ALONE.
WE NEED HELP FROM THOSE WITHIN THE BODY OF
CHRIST.
WE NEED THOSE WHO KNOW THE OASIS IS REAL TO
REPRESENT.
If sharing this is
STILL deemed by you as unacceptable or wrong in your
mind and heart …
Contact my Boss. You will like this part ... It is a Toll
FREE call. His number is 1-777-P R A Y E R. Ask Him to
reveal TRUTH to you.
For those who feel led to help support
this Ministry … Expect the promised blessings as we
both KNOW that Christianity Oasis IS His Ministry and I KNOW
when God says something … You can take it to the bank.
Ponder and pray on this and ask if this is HIS
Ministry or just some web site.
For those who have given to this very worthy
cause in the past, we say THANK YOU for giving
to THE LORD and we hope you will choose to do so
in the future.
And though you may not hear them ...
Many lost and/or troubled souls also thank you
too.
Luv all of ya more than you will ever know.
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