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A WORD FROM PASTOR CHUCK It is said that Satan once called to him the emissaries of hell and said he wanted to send one of them to earth to aid women and men in the ruination of their souls. He asked which one would want to go. One creature came forward and said, “I will go.” Satan said, “If I send you, what will you tell the children of men?” He said, “I will tell the children of men that there is no heaven.” Satan said, “They will not believe you, for there is a bit of heaven in every human heart. In the end everyone knows that right and good must have the victory. You may not go.” Then another came forward, darker and fouler than the first. Satan said, “If I send you, what will you tell the children of men?” He said, “I will tell them there is no hell.” Satan looked at him and said, “Oh, no; they will not believe you, for in every human heart there’s a thing called conscience, an inner voice which testifies to the truth that not only will good be triumphant, but that evil will be defeated. You may not go.” Then one last creature came forward, this one from the darkest place of all. Satan said to him, “And if I send you, what will you say to women and men to aid them in the destruction of their souls?” He said, “I will tell them there is no hurry.” Satan said, “Go!” Believe me, there is a growing sense of urgency when it comes to reaching the unevangelized mass of people in our world. Did you know… • There are 11,588 people groups in the world and 6,426 are unreached. • North America’s population is 341 million people. Conservative estimates show that 255 million of them are lost and without Christ. • Every day 16,000 children in our world die because of malnutrition. That is one child every 5 seconds. • A mind-boggling 33.2 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS. We, as a church, can and should be engaged. There is no time to waste. Let me share with you some tangible ways you can live with urgency and make a difference. • Read your Bible daily. • Pray for the unsaved. • Pray for missionaries. • Affirm life. • Share your faith story with others. • Give out gospel tracts. • Assemble an in-home care kit for a family dealing with HIV/AIDS. • Give sacrificially to our World Mission Offering. Now is the time. Let’s go for it in such a way that God will be glorified!
LIVING WITH URGENCY JERRY HORN “When someone is starving to death or their children are starving and you tell them, ‘God loves you,’ they’re probably not going to listen. But if you show them how to make their chicken lay more eggs or make their goat give more milk, then they’ll probably listen when you tell them, ‘God loves you.’” Veterinarian Dr. Jerry Horn was challenged by that truism when he was first exposed to agricultural and veterinary missions forty years ago. He credits it as the reason for his September 2010 trip, along with his wife Betty, to Central Asia. Here is his testimony. “When we returned someone asked, ‘How many people did you actually witness to?’ and I replied, ‘Well if you mean how many did I verbally share the Gospel with, it would be zero.’ In this part of the world, it is illegal and can be dangerous to share the Gospel unless someone asks, ‘Why did you come here?’” “We were able to work with peasant farmers, and their sheep and goats, in support of resident Christians. The farmers were very receptive to our help. Bear in mind that these people live on about two dollars a day, about seven to eight hundred dollars a year! Most of us in Collierville spend more money on our cell phones and satellite or cable TV’s than these people live on for a year’s time. Helping their livestock to provide them a better income builds relationships and encourages the question, ‘Why are you here?’ The door is then open for local Christians to share the Gospel.”
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