How Strong Is Your Faith?
My wife and I sell merchandise at flea markets and festivals.
We have recently been exposed to different groups and individuals that make us question how strong our faith is.
I feel led to share some thoughts and observations with you.
We have met people who have taken up the Cross and carried it into foreign lands.
We have met supporters of a group that provides transportation to Christian leaders in other countries.
We know many that participate in prison ministries, mission trips, and other Gospel spreading trips.
It has been pressing on my heart to share what these dynamic people of Christ have made me realize.
Most of us that call ourselves Christians are falling short of spreading the Word as we are instructed in the Bible.
Hopefully, some of us will have our spirits energized and renewed by these observations.
These Christian Americans are risking their lives around the world to tell the less fortunate about Jesus Christ and His Love for us all.
By providing natives with motorcycles and bicycles, paths are being blazed to new churches being established in hard to reach villages.
Bibles are being sent to places where it is illegal to worship the One True God.
We complain about having to drive a few miles to a heated and cooled building with relatively comfortable seats while natives of other countries walk miles through treacherous weather, persecution, poisonous spiders and snakes, and other obstacles to listen to the Gospel of Our Lord and Savior in a shack or ragged tent.
Our brothers and sisters in Christ huddle around a single Bible while we each have two or three we don't even open most of the time.
We talk ourselves out of going to Church because we had a long week, we want to hunt, fish, or watch TV, or we just don't feel like going today.
Our fellow brethren put aside their time to relax and possibly time to perform necessary chores just to attend a service.
We complain about not having anything to wear to Church, while there are those who go with whatever threads or animal hides they have.
After just a quick look at myself, I know I have room for improvement.
With the events that surround us today, I wonder where America stands in God's eyes.
I urge you to step back and look in the mirror and ask yourself that simple question, "How strong is my Faith?" How badly do you desire to be around the Lord? Will you tell him to wait when He comes because of a football game or you don't have shoes to match what you're wearing? If you're not able to travel to these lands, you can still help by giving to causes that already have the logistical abilities to make the most of your donation.
Some of you may be led to get up and go.
I urge you to find a group to join.
May God bless you and keep you safe.
We have recently been exposed to different groups and individuals that make us question how strong our faith is.
I feel led to share some thoughts and observations with you.
We have met people who have taken up the Cross and carried it into foreign lands.
We have met supporters of a group that provides transportation to Christian leaders in other countries.
We know many that participate in prison ministries, mission trips, and other Gospel spreading trips.
It has been pressing on my heart to share what these dynamic people of Christ have made me realize.
Most of us that call ourselves Christians are falling short of spreading the Word as we are instructed in the Bible.
Hopefully, some of us will have our spirits energized and renewed by these observations.
These Christian Americans are risking their lives around the world to tell the less fortunate about Jesus Christ and His Love for us all.
By providing natives with motorcycles and bicycles, paths are being blazed to new churches being established in hard to reach villages.
Bibles are being sent to places where it is illegal to worship the One True God.
We complain about having to drive a few miles to a heated and cooled building with relatively comfortable seats while natives of other countries walk miles through treacherous weather, persecution, poisonous spiders and snakes, and other obstacles to listen to the Gospel of Our Lord and Savior in a shack or ragged tent.
Our brothers and sisters in Christ huddle around a single Bible while we each have two or three we don't even open most of the time.
We talk ourselves out of going to Church because we had a long week, we want to hunt, fish, or watch TV, or we just don't feel like going today.
Our fellow brethren put aside their time to relax and possibly time to perform necessary chores just to attend a service.
We complain about not having anything to wear to Church, while there are those who go with whatever threads or animal hides they have.
After just a quick look at myself, I know I have room for improvement.
With the events that surround us today, I wonder where America stands in God's eyes.
I urge you to step back and look in the mirror and ask yourself that simple question, "How strong is my Faith?" How badly do you desire to be around the Lord? Will you tell him to wait when He comes because of a football game or you don't have shoes to match what you're wearing? If you're not able to travel to these lands, you can still help by giving to causes that already have the logistical abilities to make the most of your donation.
Some of you may be led to get up and go.
I urge you to find a group to join.
May God bless you and keep you safe.
