Hey Friends,

How in the world did compassion become a LIBERAL cause?  When I was saved out of a life of drugs and death in 1982, helping the poor was the job of the liberal churches. Conservative churches worried themselves with soul winning and forgot compassion. Can Christ be split? Are His commands to be split? I don’t think so! Do you?

The church I get to pastor has launched into the biblical command of caring for the poor. This past Saturday we gave 400 families enough food to last  a week. This is a new deal for me. I had to be hit upside the head with the Bible by a great friend in order to realize that we were missing a big part of  the Bible I said I believed. So now we are trying to get our predominately suburban congregation to think of others. Didn’t Jesus say to consider others as more important than yourself? Yep, right there in Philippians Chapter 2. Do we think he meant those like us or those with money? No! God is no respecter of persons and He meant everyone - a hard concept for American Christians.

What are you doing that is for others? How are you reaching out beyond your friends and family? Does God want you involved with compassion ministries? 400 compassion commands are found in the Bible. We are to be involved. As Christ-followers we give our lives away for others. That would show the world that Jesus is love and Lord. Where is your spot?

Just a thought – how do you see it?

Pastor