Read the Scripture. The first born, the first fruits, the first day of the week, the first portion of every day.  It’s the first.  Because when we give God the first, he will bless the rest.  Jesus was God’s tithe and look what happened.  Look at the blessings because of it.  Are you asleep to sowing? ILLUS: I just did a statistical analysis of Fellowship Church’s children’s ministry.  I saw over the last ten weeks that we’ve had over 8,500 children attend Fellowship Church. 8,500.  That is bigger than a lot of towns in Florida and Texas.

But there was a part of the study that messed me up.  I found out that only 161 kids have attended the last ten weeks of church.  Only 161 of 8,500 have attended every Sunday.  And then I read something even more disturbing, I read that only 30 percent of 8,500 kids have attended every other week.

Parents, wake up!  You wonder why your lives are screwed up? You wonder why your kids are in the deep weeds? You wonder?  You have turned your back on the church!  You have gone to sleep when the great church is right here at Fellowship Church!  It is one of the awesome moves of God in the world today.  We have people calling us from all over the place just to know what’s going on.

And for the life of me, parents, for you to not take advantage of this consistency in attendance not only for your kids but for you…that just messes me up.  Wake up! The select soccer team ain’t going to do it!  The basketball team ain’t going to do it!  Club Cheer ain’t going to do it!  The retreat at some school ain’t going to do it!  The hunting lease ain’t going to do it!  The fishing trip ain’t going to do it!  The ski trip ain’t going to do it!