January 25, 2026 - Faith Promise 2026 - Norma Brunson, Missionary

``God, I I'm making a promise. I want you to help me. And here it is. This you don't hear this much in a church. If god doesn't provide, you don't give. If you're fully into it and if god says, no, this is not the way to go, we're good. We're good. You don't have to bribe. But we would like you to make a faith promise commitment today. [01:07:17] (24 seconds)  #faithDrivenGiving

Alright. What is faith promise? It is involvement and action. Thank you, Norma, for saying it's just not about money. It is involvement and action. It is prayer. Thank you for your emphasis on prayer. It is not your tithe. It is over and above what you would be normally giving to the church. And it by the way, it does not support any of our church bills or obligations. It is all wrapped up in a nice little package and sent off to be used around the world. Okay? [01:07:41] (32 seconds)  #faithBeyondTithe

Okay. What is faith promise? Go to the next slide, please. First of all, it is not a pledge. You will not hear me using the word pledge today. It is a faith promise commitment. You rely on god. And this is while you're while I'm talking, I want you to be talking to yourself. Alright. What what would god have me to do? You rely on god to enable and fulfill the promise. [01:06:49] (28 seconds)  #relyOnGod

Now here's what it does support. Now we use the term faith promise here, but the other term that is used in our church is World Evangelism Fund. And literally, that's what it means. It is to evangelize the world. It also provides, assistance to the missionaries assigned to our church. We have a couple of that we try to help out. And it, provides for any local mission cost that we might have, not not very much. Alright. Here's the next one. [01:08:13] (30 seconds)  #globalEvangelism

Bob passed away seven plus years ago. So Norma's been on her own. But, they have a lot of drive. Norma has a lot of drive. They served in Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica, Lebanon, and other areas around the world. And they put in they logged in about fifty years of service, for our church and for the kingdom. I mean, that just just kinda blows my mind, that Norma was able to do that. [00:42:18] (29 seconds)  #decadesOfDedication

Norma has such drive. She's also served are are you ready for this? As a hospital chaplain, a linguist for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. She has served as a college professor in Spanish, music, and pastoral counseling, and she has served a public relations director for our seminary there in Costa Rica. [00:42:47] (26 seconds)  #multiRoleMissionary

Norma has a passion to follow god. And she her her her passion right now right now for a long time is to guide people, helping them find eternal love, eternal life through Jesus. And in short, Norma, you have a lot of drive. [00:44:02] (26 seconds)  #guidingToEternalLife

a person in fact, I've been watching her today and she's been going around flittering around here, but she is somebody that, oh, I wanna know this lady. This this lady is she's she is special. And and when she talks to you, I mean, you you will see. And if you some of you have I've already had that. Norma is just just like that. You wanna you want to go to you know, you wanna go to lunch with her or whatever because Norma is just that kind of a person. [00:38:02] (26 seconds)  #heartForPeople