Family!
We have been going through some more state accreditation classes to continue as a rescue family. The class is not the most exciting that you have ever been in but it is necessary and opens the door for effective ministry.
When you hear the stories of some of these babies and what they have already endured in their young lives, it really gets to you.
I want all of you that are read ing this, to consider getting involved in rescuing babies from the streets.
I think of those of us who are Christians and we know what it is to be adopted into a family of love. Ro.8:12 talks about the value that God has placed upon us as his children, to be adopted into his family and have the right to call him Abba, Dad. He is THE Dad of all Dads. You may have never worded it like that for fear of irreverance or misundertanding his loftiness. He is indeed The Most High God, but he is also our Dad, in heaven. He has compassion on us and sets the lonely in families. "How great is the love that the Father (Dad) has lavished on us that we should be called, the children of God, and that is what we are." (1Jn.3:1) We know what it is to be recieved and loved by one that quite rightfully should have rejected us. We were brought in when we didn't deserve it. We have been loved by one that we despised and rejected.
God wants us to pass on that love and that spirit. I am asking you to recognise and share the same spirit as your heavenly Dad, that is in you, the spirit of adoption, and to rescue or foster, or foster to adopt, or to adopt.
Perhaps you can buy diapers or formula to give to those who are rescuing kids, or you could do weekend babysitting for those foster families who need a helping hand and a break. You could buy baby food or toys or clothes or other neccesities for those who have newly taken a baby into their home and don't have everything that they need.
There is a lot to do for a lot of babies that have not had a good start into the world. God is good and it is his desire to help them, through us. The church of Jesus has the resources. People, money, gifts, skills, etc. etc. The question is whether or not we will make the commitment to do something with our resources. Many of you do. For some you have been looking for that opportunity. This is it.
I can put you in touch with the YWAM leaders that provide this ministry to the children in Houston and get you going.
There are a lot of kids in need right now and they need you. "God sets the lonely in families, and is a Father to the Fatherless."
Let me know.
Thanks
Jim
When you hear the stories of some of these babies and what they have already endured in their young lives, it really gets to you.
I want all of you that are read ing this, to consider getting involved in rescuing babies from the streets.
I think of those of us who are Christians and we know what it is to be adopted into a family of love. Ro.8:12 talks about the value that God has placed upon us as his children, to be adopted into his family and have the right to call him Abba, Dad. He is THE Dad of all Dads. You may have never worded it like that for fear of irreverance or misundertanding his loftiness. He is indeed The Most High God, but he is also our Dad, in heaven. He has compassion on us and sets the lonely in families. "How great is the love that the Father (Dad) has lavished on us that we should be called, the children of God, and that is what we are." (1Jn.3:1) We know what it is to be recieved and loved by one that quite rightfully should have rejected us. We were brought in when we didn't deserve it. We have been loved by one that we despised and rejected.
God wants us to pass on that love and that spirit. I am asking you to recognise and share the same spirit as your heavenly Dad, that is in you, the spirit of adoption, and to rescue or foster, or foster to adopt, or to adopt.
Perhaps you can buy diapers or formula to give to those who are rescuing kids, or you could do weekend babysitting for those foster families who need a helping hand and a break. You could buy baby food or toys or clothes or other neccesities for those who have newly taken a baby into their home and don't have everything that they need.
There is a lot to do for a lot of babies that have not had a good start into the world. God is good and it is his desire to help them, through us. The church of Jesus has the resources. People, money, gifts, skills, etc. etc. The question is whether or not we will make the commitment to do something with our resources. Many of you do. For some you have been looking for that opportunity. This is it.
I can put you in touch with the YWAM leaders that provide this ministry to the children in Houston and get you going.
There are a lot of kids in need right now and they need you. "God sets the lonely in families, and is a Father to the Fatherless."
Let me know.
Thanks
Jim
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