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Love Worth Finding - Feb. 23, 2010

True Hope for a World in Turmoil

"And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me." John 12:32

For the first time in history, man is afraid of what he knows. His head and his hands have outrun his heart, and we are being faced with things for which we have no answers. There's the plague of AIDS, the tinderbox in the Middle East, the outbreaks of famine, irregular weather disturbances, and much more.

But we don't have to wring our hands and say, "What is the world coming to?" We can look up and say, "Who is the world coming to?" It's coming to Jesus! Praise God!

Call your church today and ask if there is a place where you can volunteer in the area of community outreach. Perhaps there is a soup kitchen, a nursing home, a homeless shelter, or a children's center where you can serve.

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Jeani wrote:

Call your church today and ask if there is a place where you can volunteer in the area of community outreach. Perhaps there is a soup kitchen, a nursing home, a homeless shelter, or a children's center where you can serve

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I rather think God uses our 'spiritual gifts' to be a 'witness' for Him...

Volunteering in the area of community outreach is too much the 'world push' today for me.....

I see where you are coming from Jeani.

I believe that Adrian was talking about church outreach into the local community. I know that there aren't many who still do that but during his days in ministry there were still a few. One of the churches that I use to pastor heavily depended upon volunteers to reach out to the community that I pastored in.