Do you know the name Stanley Tam?
Born in 1915 he was an entrepreneur both in business and in thinking about business. After several failed attempts at launching businesses God spoke to him one day while driving. He was led to make God the Senior Partner of his business. He courageously spoke to his young wife about the move and she said, "Well if God is telling you to do something, then you better do it." So he drew up legal papers and incorporated his business with God as 51% owner of the business. His really is a remarkable story of building a company that honors Christ. Listen to what this extraordinary follower of Jesus said about giving: "You hear a lot of strange things about tithing. Some say it is a church tax, and they expect me to pay it and that is the end of it. Others say that when I give God one-tenth of my income, He blesses the nine-tenths that is left to the extent that the nine-tenths now goes as far as the whole thing used to go. This isn't really true, is it? Suppose a farmer had 100 bushels of corn in the barn and he decides to plant 10 bushel in the ground. What multiplies? Is it the 90 bushels that he has left in the barn? Oh, no. All of us 'farmers' know it is the 10 bushels you put in the ground that multiplies. Similarly, it is the 10 percent you give to God that multiplies." — Stanley Tam, American businessman and philanthropist Here's a film about his life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxPGFlxTSro Even more astounding than the money he has given to ministry efforts around the world is that he, on average, led three people to Christ every day. I'd say that he has stored up for himself treasures in heaven where moth and rust cannot destroy and thieves cannot break in an steal.
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