You are not alone.
Most frequent question that I am asked; 'How are you financed?". The answer for 2007: $10,000 (businessman); $5,000 (pro tennis player); $3,600 (retired pro tennis player); $2,113 (retired pro tennis player); $1,000 (businessman); $900 (businessman); $500 (pro tennis player ); $500 (pro tennis player); $600 (author); $300 (pro tennis player family); $300 (church); $200 (retired pro baseball player family); $127 (business group);
$100 (pro tennis player), $100 (schoolteacher)
2007 Expenses - $23,316 USD.
Almost all of this ministry income arrives in November, December and January.
Surely you can find a place in the list above. Remember, you are not alone.
I pray that the number one question to me would be "who is Jesus Christ?". It seems that people want to know the motivation of the messenger (that's us) before they want to hear the message (that's Christ). That is called "relationship" discipleship. Let's value that also!