Tu, 03/03/15, "Day of Praise"
"Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.'" - Matthew 9:35-38
Here's what Jesus makes plain in today's verses--HELP IS NEEDED!
As Christians, we celebrate God giving us freedom FROM sin and freedom FOR acts of love by God's grace alone through faith in Jesus Christ alone. And God chooses to work through the means of real people to spread the news of His grace in Christ.
God chooses to need and work through teachers and preachers of the good news, people who are prayer warriors for and healers of disease and sickness, those who are compassionate for both those who are harassed by chronic illness and also those who are helpless in the face of Perfect Storms.
So whether you give gracefully in response to God's grace to help millions whose lives are torn apart by literal or figurative storms, or you volunteer to lead prayer or teach choirs to sing of God's grace, or you coordinate a grace ministry for parents or the elderly or the homeless or the imprisoned, or you've discovered God has given you a gift of healing that you use in a prayer ministry, or you pray with people after worship, or you visit people in nursing homes, or you help to build homes here or abroad to help keep families together, or you set out to encourage at least one person intentionally everyday, or you sponsor a child through an agency like Compassion, or you care for children or the elderly, or whatever you may do with faith in Jesus and love for your fellow human beings, YOU ARE NEEDED!!!
God chooses to need and work through teachers and preachers of the good news, people who are prayer warriors for and healers of disease and sickness, those who are compassionate toward those who are helpless and vulnerable or harassed by chronic illness or helpless in the face of Perfect Storms.
Please offer yourself in faithful service as a thanks to God for His grace to us in Jesus Christ.
"Then [Jesus] said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.'" - Matthew 9:38
Praise God!
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