One Matters

You can make a difference. One does matter! I have personally met sweet Catherine, I spent my summer getting to know and bond with her and in the short time I had with her I can see how much of a difference sponsorship has made in her life. Catherine is one of the sweetest, most other centered girls I've ever met. She is an incredible girl. One who's life has been transformed through her sponsors. It's because of people like the Gruver's, people who are willing to help make a difference in these children's lives, that they have hope and love but more then that a future. You too can be the one to change a child's life. Join the many voices that are crying out on behalf of children like this. Become a sponsor now and be the one to make that difference. Please, don't just pity these children, do something to help them! For $27 a month you can truly be the hands and feet of Jesus transforming a child's life and giving them a brighter future!

 http://everyorphan.org/sponsor-an-orphan/

  Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 

James 1:22

"For the glory of God!"

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"Keep Changing The World"

   "With God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26), therefore we CAN change the world if we try!! The question is, are we willing to step out and make a difference? To change the world? To touch lives and impact countries for Christ? This is our calling, our destiny as Christians. Are we...are you willing to obey the commission of our God in whatever capacity He might call you to serve? Think about. The Great King of the universe, the One who created everything, the One who died to save you, has called us to reach out to the world, sharing the good news and serving people in His name. If He wanted to He could do it Himself, but He has chosen to allow us this blessed privilege of stepping forth by His power to do these things through and for Him. As the least we can do in response to His sacrifice, will we do it?  

"For the glory of God!"

Make a difference in this world!!

    Over 50% of the earth's population has never heard of Jesus. They've never heard of...and for many, never experienced this kind of love and grace. Every day...even every hour, millions around the world are dying without the assurance of salvation, they are entering into an eternity in hell because they've never been given the chance to accept Him. They will miss out on eternity in heaven with Christ because someone refused to go out and share the good news.

 "...not many people have the opportunity to be a missionary' -Jim Elliot. 

(and that because not many obey God's call)

  "Many are called but few are chosen" in Matthew 22:14

   How sad is that truth! It is so sad to think that somewhere out there are people passing into eternity without knowing God because someone would not obey God's call. If more people would obey the call of God, more people would have the chance to repent and turn to God before it was too late. How would you feel if you were standing before the throne of God and found out that someone was in hell because you did not obey God? Imagine the horror of knowing you had the chance to save that soul and you never even tried!!

       As Christians we are called to go out into the world and share the good news, making disciples of all nations. (Mat. 28: 19-20) This is not an option. We are commanded by our risen Lord and King to GO! Whether that means witnessing within our hometown or going to another country is up to God not us! We are not called to choose when we will obey, where we will go, who we will go to or how far we will go. We are simply told to OBEY! In every situation, under every command.

     If you have the chance to save a life don't stop until you do!! If you have the opportunity to step in and make a difference in the eternity of even one person, keep trying! If God has called you to the mission field, GO! If God has called you to some form of ministry within your hometown, OBEY!! If God has called you to witness to someone, DO IT!! God will not abandon you!! If He has called you to something, I urge you with every fiber in my being, do not rest until you fulfill that call!!

"For the glory of God!"

"Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few."

Matthew 9:37

                 
                                          

Wide is Your love and grace

      You know, when you go on a long of a mission trip you see it all…the good, the bad and the ugly. You have your ups and your downs and sometimes the downs outweigh the ups. These are the days that you need God the most. The days that you turn to Him with breaking hearts crying out for strength to finish the day. It is in these moments that you find just how faithful He is.

       I saw so much pain and sorrow in such small children that my heart was breaking over and over during our Camp Hopes. True, I saw a lot of beauty, joy and healing, but I also saw the scars from the past that these children faced and the pain that was in their eyes. I saw how abuse, neglect and sorrow had taken their toll on these precious children. Yet through the efforts of the staff and mission teams that came in, I saw God’s grace and love working in their lives until they were changed children by the end of camp.  Again, this is God’s work. God was truly at work in their lives through these hard working missionaries. For many of these children, this is all it took to bring them to the Lord.

    God’s love and grace truly is wide and does indeed extend to the ends of the earth. I have seen it happen. I have seen the hand of God reaching down from heaven to change lives, heal hearts and create eternal bonds with Him in the lives of these children. If God can sit on the throne of heaven and rule the entire earth, yet still care enough to send these missionaries to Zambia for the sake of those children, then truly He is a gracious and loving God!! Wide indeed is His love and grace!!  I know it, you know it and now, those children know it as well. Praise be to the Lord for saving 400+ children in 3 weeks!!!!
                                              "For the glory of God!'
                                          “Wide is your love and grace…
                               you never change  you never fail oh God!” 
                                     - “Unchanging” by Chris Tomlin

Great is Your faithfulness!l!!

      As I look back on the 2 months that I was in Zambia and think about all that happened in such a short time, I am again filled with awe and amazement at the faithfulness of the One I call my Father. Thinking back over all that I went through, the hardships and joys alike, I am again reminded of just how faithful He really is.
     When you go on that long of a mission trip you see it all…the good, the bad and the ugly. You have your ups and your downs and sometimes the downs outweigh the ups. Some days all you see is the good in the trip; the beauty and the joy of what is happening around you. On other days you see only pain, suffering and heartache. It is in these moments that God was truly there for me, giving me strength to face these hardships, courage to finish the day, comfort to heal my breaking heart and love to comfort the hurting children.

  There were many days when I felt that my heart was breaking more then I ever thought  it could. But without fail, He always came through for me. He was always right there with me, knowing before hand what I was going to face and preparing me for it. Waiting with open arms for me to run to Him when my heart was breaking for those children, standing by my side when I fought off Satan’s attacks.  Throughout this trip I experienced His faithfulness in more ways then I ever have before.  I have always known Him to be faithful but never have I been so sure of it as I am now.  I  know that He is faithful in every little are of our lives and will never change! I have seen this again and again these past 2 months and have more stories about His faithfulness then anything else. Faithful indeed is the One who is worthy of our praise!

“For the glory of God!”
“Great is Your faithfulness....You never change, 

You never fail, oh God!”

 -“Unchanging”, Chris Tomlin