IBAM EP77: Before 2026 Begins, Align Your Generosity With Your Faith

“𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴.”

Steve Adams | IBAM

Your Final Act of Worship

for 2025

As the calendar winds down and the year draws to a close, most people rush toward resolutions.

New goals.
New plans.
New strategies for the year ahead.

But there’s a quieter, more important question that often gets ignored: How will you finish this year?

Not financially.
Not professionally.
But spiritually.

Because long before goal-setting became popular, Scripture made one thing clear: “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Which means how we end a year often reveals what we truly trust.

And that’s why this moment matters.



Worship Isn’t Just What You Sing—It’s What You Surrender

Most people associate worship with music, church services, or spiritual moments. But the Bible paints a much broader picture.

Worship is expressed through:

  • Obedience

  • Trust

  • Stewardship

  • Surrender

In other words, worship shows up in real decisions—not just emotional ones.

Especially decisions involving what God has placed in our hands.

As this year closes, your generosity becomes more than a transaction. It becomes a declaration.

“God, I trust You with what You’ve entrusted to me.”

That’s worship.



Why Year-End Giving Is Spiritually Different

There’s something unique about giving at the end of a year.

Not because of tax benefits.
Not because of campaigns or deadlines.

But because year-end generosity is an act of faith before certainty.

When you give before you know what next year holds, you’re saying:

  • I trust God more than control

  • I value obedience over comfort

  • I believe faith comes before guarantees

That posture matters.

Because Scripture consistently shows that God responds to faithful obedience, not delayed intention.

Ending the year aligned sets the spiritual tone for what comes next.



The Quiet Cost of Delayed Obedience

Many faith-driven people don’t refuse generosity.

They postpone it.

“I’ll do more next year.”
“Once things settle down.”
“When the timing feels right.”

But delayed obedience doesn’t disappear. It follows us.

And often, it turns into quiet regret—not because we didn’t give more, but because we didn’t respond when God prompted us.

This isn’t about guilt.

It’s about peace.

Alignment brings peace.



The Lie That Small Gifts Don’t Matter

One of the most common beliefs holding people back from generosity is this: “What difference can my gift really make?”

It sounds logical.
It sounds humble.

But it’s not biblical.

Jesus never measured generosity by size—He measured it by surrender.

The widow’s offering wasn’t impressive by human standards, but Heaven stopped to notice.

Why?

Because God multiplies faith, not amounts.

That same Kingdom principle applies today.



Why IBAM Exists: From Charity to Multiplication

Many faith-driven givers are tired.

Tired of giving to causes where impact feels vague.
Tired of writing checks without knowing what actually changed.
Tired of temporary solutions that never address root problems.

IBAM exists because business is a discipleship engine.

Instead of handouts, IBAM equips entrepreneurs to:

  • Build sustainable businesses

  • Create jobs

  • Disciple through daily work

  • Support their families and communities long-term

This is Business as Mission—not theory, but practice.

Work becomes worship.
Income becomes influence.
Business becomes ministry.

Business Is Not Secular—It’s Sacred When Surrendered

One of the greatest misconceptions in modern Christianity is that business is “separate” from faith. But Scripture says otherwise.

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord.”

That includes:

  • Leadership

  • Decision-making

  • Integrity

  • Profit with purpose

Business isn’t a distraction from the Kingdom.

When surrendered, it’s one of the most powerful tools for advancing it.

IBAM was built on this conviction.



What Your Generosity Makes Possible

When you partner with IBAM, you’re not funding an institution.

You’re empowering people.

Your generosity fuels:

  • Practical business training

  • Startup capital and micro-loans

  • Ongoing mentorship and accountability

  • Discipleship that multiplies through families and communities

This is how poverty cycles are broken—not temporarily, but generationally.

And it happens because someone on the other side of the world said “yes.”



“Your Yes Is Someone Else’s Answered Prayer”

This is one of the most overlooked truths about generosity.

Your obedience is rarely isolated.

Somewhere right now:

  • A young entrepreneur is praying for opportunity

  • A family is praying for stability

  • A community is praying for leadership

God often answers those prayers through someone else’s obedience.

Your generosity isn’t anonymous in the Kingdom.

It’s relational.

Two Simple Ways to Finish the Year Aligned

Obedience doesn’t need to be complicated.

There are two clear ways to partner—depending on how God is prompting your heart.

🔹 Option 1: $10/Month Impact Membership

This is consistent, faithful obedience.

For $10 a month, you help:

  • Fund business training

  • Support entrepreneurs in underserved communities

  • Provide discipleship through business

  • Receive real impact updates, stories, and prayer points

It’s not about the size of the gift.

It’s about alignment.

Many partners begin here—and discover this small step opens the door to deeper Kingdom impact.


🔹 Option 2: $1,000 Kingdom Builder Gift

This is a decisive, tangible act of generosity.

A $1,000 gift helps launch or scale a business, creating:

  • Sustainable income

  • Job creation

  • Dignity for families

  • Long-term Gospel influence

It’s measurable.
It’s transformational.
And it echoes into eternity.

A Question Worth Sitting With

Before the calendar turns, ask yourself:

What will God say I did with what He placed in my hands this year?

Not what you planned to do.
Not what you meant to do.

But what you actually stewarded.

This Is Your Final Act of Worship for 2025

This moment isn’t about pressure.

It’s about peace.

Alignment brings peace.

And generosity, when rooted in faith, isn’t loss—it’s worship.

Finish the year aligned.

👉 Become a $10/month Impact Member

👉 Or give a $1,000 Kingdom Builder Gift today

Transform a life before midnight.
Set the spiritual tone for the year ahead.
And step into obedience with confidence.

Because generosity doesn’t just close a year.

It launches the next one.

🔗 Visit www.ibam.org to fund the vision today.

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