For the next few weeks, I will be posting blog entries that will help you with your support raising.   Support raising is the hardest piece of the entire process.  I have seem many times, support is the factor that keeps people off the mission field.  My desire is for all of you to be able to go to the places that you feel God has called you too.  Whenever you see the picture of money and the picture of the children praying you will know it is an article on support raising.

Hebrews 11:8-10 "It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance.
  He went without knowing where he was going.
  And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived by faith - for he was like a foreigner living in tents.
  And so did Isaac and Jacob, who inherited the same promise.
  Abraham was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city designed and built by God."

Abraham initially LEFT his home land, the familiar, and WENT to a place, the unknown.
  God did not give Abraham very many directions but just to GO.
  Some of my questions: How did he know which way to go?
  What should he take with him?
  What was it going to be like when he got there?
  Would he like it?
  What did Sarai say to him?
  Was she an obedient wife and just went willingly?
  What was Sarai's initial reaction?
  Did she trust God?
  Did she complain for miles and miles?
  If so what did Abraham do?
  There are many questions that the Bible just does not talk about.
  Are some of these the questions you have about GOING and LEAVING everything?

Abraham had "The Obey-Now-and-Receive-Later Challenge of Faith"
  Genesis 12:1 tells us that the only direction that God gave to Abraham was to leave his country and people and go to a land that He would show Him.
  That in-between required Abraham to depend on God like he never had before.

You are in the in-between right now.
  You have agreed to GO but you can not LEAVE until you have your support raised. 
  These blog entries are to help you with that in-between and help you raise support so that all of your can LEAVE.

The first and most important step to Support Raising is PRAYER.
  I firmly believe this.
  The great giants who have gone before us have committed hours to prayer.
  My first challenge to you is: "How much time each week are you going to commit to prayer specifically about your support raising?"
  God works through PRAYER.

The second most important step is to set up a prayer team.
  You need to have 4 to 5 people who know you well that will commit to pray for you each day of your s

upport raising.
  This group should meet at least once a month to pray for you.
  Once a week would be ideal but I know not practical.
  Aim for weekly when you ask God to put people on your heart to be a part of this team.
  You need to be able to share your heart with them. 
 Tell them your fears, your joys, your excitement etc.
  Be real with them.

 In one week you should have 4 to 5 people committed to praying everyday for you.
  You should also know how much time you are personally going to spend in praying and fasting about your support. 
 

PRAYER is the most vital key to support raising.
  It is the foundation.

Luke 12:31 "Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need."