Years ago I heard the story of a Pastor who was preaching and casting the vision for the future of their congregation. He told them, "With God's help we can see the day when this church will go from crawling to walking." And the people responded, "Let the church walk, Pastor, let the church walk."

He continued, "And when the church begins to walk, next the church can begin to run." And the people shouted, "Let the church run, Pastor, let the church run!"

Fired up, he continued, "And finally the church can move from running to flying. Oh, this church can fly high for God!" The people were getting as wound up as the preacher and cried out, "Let the church fly, Pastor, let the church fly."

Then the preacher said, "And friends, in order for this church to fly, it's going to take lots of mon…