It seems if we had more than enough money, we would use the surplus differently than we use what we actually have. The more we attack the problems that spiritually irritate us, the more closed our students' minds become. If the student feels personally attacked, he or she begins to react rather than think. Reactions trigger emotions. Sharing stimulates understanding.
Understanding is the key to transformation.
The wrong perspective produced by self-justification often does not arise from evil intents. To challenge people to evaluate their old concepts of stewardship and advance new, biblical concepts of stewardship requires them to think in ways that are demanding and threatening. Use approaches that challenge students to think and evaluate for themselves rather than to react to indictments. Perhaps the needs that we see overwhelm us. Perhaps they are so enormous we are convinced our help would be less than insignificant.