Didn't Even Get It Home!!!!
#43
08-09-2011 | 01:41 PM
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Not sure I want to even comment....just because of the people who will take it out of context, BUT.... YOU used the church for you own benefit,,,,,tax free no less I bet...to start a ministry? hmmmm.....well good for you ..... a fool and his money are soon parted.
I agree with a couple folks here.....sell it and give it to folks who need it as having the "harley" makes no difference than a honda rebel to have the ministry.... And as far as the coon.....the lord works in mysterious ways.
PLEASE Pray for me as I NEED a new CVO Road Glide!!! I will go to every money raising event I can to help the needy!!!! Promise!
I agree with a couple folks here.....sell it and give it to folks who need it as having the "harley" makes no difference than a honda rebel to have the ministry.... And as far as the coon.....the lord works in mysterious ways.
PLEASE Pray for me as I NEED a new CVO Road Glide!!! I will go to every money raising event I can to help the needy!!!! Promise!
IMO, that money would have been better spent feeding the hungry & housing the homeless.
Oh yeah, the raccoon... maybe the big guy is tryin' to tell ya' something??
Last edited by AnotherBlackSG; 08-09-2011 at 01:44 PM.
#44
08-09-2011 | 02:25 PM
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From: STL
Nobody gave our motorcycle ministry group any bikes but we use what we purchased ourselves to raise money for the needy, including a pregnancy care center, homeless shelters, boys and girls homes, battered womens shelters and other groups. We use the bikes as a tool and since the predominate brand is harley, it is easier to reach others if you have a common interest and brand. Our group has given away 2 motorcycles to folks who attended our events in an effort to get them into the church to be exposed to a speaker and to raise money for the charity....
The OP, on the other hand, seems content to prey off of those who worked for theirs. These folks swore they were doing the Lord's work as well.
#46
08-09-2011 | 02:56 PM
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From: Wisconsin
WOW I am stunned! Completely speechless. My parents raised me a God fearing Lutheren boy. We went to church every sunday, and practiced what was preached..
Now, if this was me,,,,if I claimed "I need a HD (when any bike will do, Its not a harley ministry, just a bike ministry) and had the stones to ask the guy how much I COULD have gotten. Well, My father (God rest his soul) would have beaten me to within an inch of my life with a steel pipe! Then my mother would have started in on me!
Now, if this was me,,,,if I claimed "I need a HD (when any bike will do, Its not a harley ministry, just a bike ministry) and had the stones to ask the guy how much I COULD have gotten. Well, My father (God rest his soul) would have beaten me to within an inch of my life with a steel pipe! Then my mother would have started in on me!
#49
08-09-2011 | 03:37 PM
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Yep, I'm in this camp. It just seems a little selfish to me. Why an expensive Harley? I mean, Mary rode a jackass into Bethlehem... not a thoroughbred.
IMO, that money would have been better spent feeding the hungry & housing the homeless.
Oh yeah, the raccoon... maybe the big guy is tryin' to tell ya' something??
IMO, that money would have been better spent feeding the hungry & housing the homeless.
Oh yeah, the raccoon... maybe the big guy is tryin' to tell ya' something??
God is great and knows what we need before we can even ask Him for it, but beware the "name it and claim it" theology which lurks nearby...
#50
08-09-2011 | 03:39 PM
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From: California
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God did not send you a Harley, some guy gave you the money for it. Lots of needy families out there who could use a portion of that $13k to feed their children. I heard it all now, God's passing out Harley's. I'll be sending you my prayer request.