Grant's 12 birthday started on a sober note, when Grant requested to go with his daddy and Ryan to the mall to hold up signs and pass out tracts for Black Friday, urging people to consider the poor and during this time of shopping and huge financial purchases.. some of the stats from the tract are these:
*every day 30,000 children die from preventable poverty related causes around the world
*It would take $13 billion to provide basic nutrition to every person around the world
(-Americans spend $18 billion per year on specialty coffee beverages)
*9 billion a year could provide safe drinking water for the millions who die without it..
(-Americans spend $57 billion yearly on soft drinks)
*There are 143 million orphans & an estimated 246 million children suffer in the bonds of child labor
What will our response to this be? Our family prays that we as Christians have a revival of the heart and take seriously what Jesus says "Sell your possessions and give it to the needy" Luke 12:3
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matthew 25:34-40 KJV
Here is an excellent and encouraging sermon for those who are feeling called to obey in Jesus' teaching in this area: http://www.walklikechrist.com/index.asp?sermonid=35
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matthew 25:34-40 KJV
Here is an excellent and encouraging sermon for those who are feeling called to obey in Jesus' teaching in this area: http://www.walklikechrist.com/index.asp?sermonid=35
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