There are some evangelists who ask for a lot of money and expenses to be covered in order to bring them into a region.  I am not sure this is biblical, but sometimes when these  people ask me for money I will cover them, but I would much rather work with people who when they are asked to preach don’t set a price but come because they have the opportunity to preach.

And even when they do ask for money, God often says to me “cover it for them.”   I have agreed to thousands in expenses at times because an evangelist will ask for it.  The Scripture that I apply to justify this is Matthew 5:41-42 which says, “And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.  Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.”  I will agree to these expenses for the gospel’s sake, and God always provides.

I have preached and ministered in many places.  I have gone half way across the country and the world, most of the time paying my own way to do it in order to speak or preach to a handful of people.  I will do this because I know that God will honour it and new frontiers for the gospel will open as a result.

A missionary spirit is one that looks to the horizon and not to the ditch.  You see the possibilities and not the limitations.

When someone asks you to come speak you don’t pass it up because it costs too much.  You trust that God is calling you to that region and agree to go believing and trusting God to cover your expenses.

Some of my greatest experiences have come when I have agreed to go without knowing where the resources for the journey will come from.  For me this is the biblical model.  I don’t see Paul and Peter asking how much money they will get in advance for going on a journey for the Lord.

Jesus taught his disciples to go into the world and preach and not to worry about their money belts because money would come their way (Matthew 10).  He told them not to worry about what they would eat or where they would sleep.  It would be taken care of by the journey.  Faith knows that God is more than able to supply all its need according to His riches in glory.

I have incurred up to $2000 in expenses for a trip and only received $300 in return.  This happens a lot, and yet God is always faithful.  On that particular trip, the Lord showed me in a dream that I would be given an envelope to cover the expenses.  Within three or four months I received $2500 in one week–more than enough to cover my trip.

God is faithful and if we learn to trust him with our traveling needs the journey is much more exciting and more than likely you will minister in more places and see more miracles.  In the last two years I have preached in places I never thought I would ever go to.  Doors have opened for me in far off places.

The signs and wonders that follow my ministry as a result of trusting God this way are very intense.  I have seen God do things that would amaze the most ardent skeptic.