“For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer. Above all, keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without complaining. Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God. Whoever speaks, let it be with God’s words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything, God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.”
(1 Peter 4:7-11)
I write this to encourage my family in New Orleans and surrounding towns (Covington, Slidell, and other areas) as well as those of you who are serving so diligently in God’s vineyard. For those of you who are dragging your feet, it’s time to get up and “go”. The field is indeed white for harvest, both in New Orleans and in your neighborhood as well!
Please remember that only what we do for Christ will ever have any lasting value. As we serve, we must continually do it as unto Christ. As we feel challenged, even sometimes a little taken advantage of or forgotten, remember that the Lord is seeing everything we do. As we feed, clothe, counsel, mentor, and give, we are giving to Christ, even as we serve the least or the greatest of our neighbors, our brothers and sisters. Even our personal suffering is in partnership with the Lord.
Rewards are wonderful and recognition can be advantageous at times, but we serve people to serve Christ and to share His love with the hope that someone will come to the saving knowledge of Christ as their Savior and Lord. It’s indeed a challenge as we look into one another’s eyes each day and sometimes see no progress; yet we must see God’s eternal plan in it all. The culmination of things in near! The Lord is coming back: sooner rather than later! Let that be our motivation to press on, treat each other with love and compassion as we serve, and continue to labor for Christ, for our labor is not in vain in the Lord. There is still one who needs to hear, see, and fell Christ’s redemptive love.
Thank you Urban Impact (Scott and staff), Castle Rock Church (Pastor John and staff), Trinity Church (Pastor Mike and staff), Woodstream Church (Pastor Bob and staff), TouchGlobal and Compassion Ministries Staff and everyone else along the way who have shown my wife and me how to serve with love, commitment, and the compassion of our Lord.
We all need the support of the Body. There is much work to be done, in New Orleans and around the world, even in our own backyards and front yards; even within our own homes. For those not yet involved, pray for where the Lord wants to use you and how. Pray that you have the faith to say “yes” to go, “yes” to give or to repent and then go or give! Prayer is needed for sure, but the prayers must have arms, legs, feet, and heart!
(1 Peter 4:7-11)
I write this to encourage my family in New Orleans and surrounding towns (Covington, Slidell, and other areas) as well as those of you who are serving so diligently in God’s vineyard. For those of you who are dragging your feet, it’s time to get up and “go”. The field is indeed white for harvest, both in New Orleans and in your neighborhood as well!
Please remember that only what we do for Christ will ever have any lasting value. As we serve, we must continually do it as unto Christ. As we feel challenged, even sometimes a little taken advantage of or forgotten, remember that the Lord is seeing everything we do. As we feed, clothe, counsel, mentor, and give, we are giving to Christ, even as we serve the least or the greatest of our neighbors, our brothers and sisters. Even our personal suffering is in partnership with the Lord.
Rewards are wonderful and recognition can be advantageous at times, but we serve people to serve Christ and to share His love with the hope that someone will come to the saving knowledge of Christ as their Savior and Lord. It’s indeed a challenge as we look into one another’s eyes each day and sometimes see no progress; yet we must see God’s eternal plan in it all. The culmination of things in near! The Lord is coming back: sooner rather than later! Let that be our motivation to press on, treat each other with love and compassion as we serve, and continue to labor for Christ, for our labor is not in vain in the Lord. There is still one who needs to hear, see, and fell Christ’s redemptive love.
Thank you Urban Impact (Scott and staff), Castle Rock Church (Pastor John and staff), Trinity Church (Pastor Mike and staff), Woodstream Church (Pastor Bob and staff), TouchGlobal and Compassion Ministries Staff and everyone else along the way who have shown my wife and me how to serve with love, commitment, and the compassion of our Lord.
We all need the support of the Body. There is much work to be done, in New Orleans and around the world, even in our own backyards and front yards; even within our own homes. For those not yet involved, pray for where the Lord wants to use you and how. Pray that you have the faith to say “yes” to go, “yes” to give or to repent and then go or give! Prayer is needed for sure, but the prayers must have arms, legs, feet, and heart!
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