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In this short clip, David and Debra Mayer introduce themselves and describe what they call their "more story." Debra says they had always given, but she admits to a quiet sense that they could probably do more—something they had not made a priority as a couple. She describes sitting down together, being grateful for David's leading, and asking God where this should go, wanting his direction rather than their own, and feeling they needed a plan.
According to Debra's account, they mapped out a plan, recalling that it took perhaps six months to reach the intended endpoint, and they came to feel it should move from last fruits back to first fruits. She says generosity has become a priority, and the most striking part has been that the change was significant—even humbling to compare where they were with what they now do. She says she does not worry about it and that they have not had to change their lifestyle, describing God as present and meeting their needs as they took him at his word.
Looking ahead, the couple says they are excited to go through the process again with Journey Church's "More" campaign. They speak hopefully about what God has in store for Journey, emphasizing a focus on Jesus, evangelism, and equipping the church body to be a light and bring hope to their community, neighborhoods, town, and schools.
The conversation,
in their words.
Transcript from the recording’s captions. Select any timestamp to hear the original audio.
we're the Mayors I'm David this is Deborah and this is our more story [Music] we had always given and um you know but there I'll be honest a part of me that always felt we could probably do more but you know you just don't talk about it I don't I mean you talk about a lot of things as a couple but it's just not something we um put as a priority and it it became a priority and um you know we just sat down and I was grateful for David's leading on that and
we just kind of said okay Lord we're kind of where where does this go we had an idea in our heart and you know we didn't want it to be so much us as what God was directing but we felt like we needed a bit of a plan and so you know we kind of mapped out um what that plan was and I don't know it took us I don't know maybe six months to get up to that plan or to you know where we thought the end was but then you know we felt like it needed to be more working from last fruits back to First fruits yes definitely and so um
it's just become it's just a priority and what's been the most amazing thing is it was significant I will say I was humbling when I saw like where we were to you know what we're doing now and and we don't feel like like I don't even think about it like I don't I don't worry about it I don't I don't feel like anything has stopped that we've had to change our lifestyle or you know God has just been present um he's just been present in being able to meet all our needs you know he says that I mean the word the Bible says that he tells us that but we don't always put
our faith and trust in that we don't it's very we all I I think human nature is to want to protect and to make sure we've kind of got everything in order and we're gonna we trust but we're gonna take care of it on our own and um no that's not what he says and so we just took him at his word and he's honored that and and now we're ending up going to end up doing it all over again but the more Journey more campaign we're going to be doing that again yeah and we're excited I mean I have to say I'm more excited um see what God's gonna do and we we believe that
God has more in store for journey you know just when the when the focus is on Jesus and um and reaching you know the evangelism is the other thing too reaching you know hope for everyone it's very easy to say that but to like equip the body to be able to go out there and um be a light in a world that you know can be pretty dark often and that's what Journey's doing and um and I I believe a lot of great things are going to happen through Journey for the our community for our neighborhoods
for the church body in general I um for um you know our Our Town our schools I I just really believe God's going to use Journey Church and the body of Christ that's a part of Journey um to you know bring a lot of Hope to a lot of people
