Thursday, November 17, 2011

Abundant Life

I was just sitting here reviewing a fund raising letter that was filled with words such as more and increasing.
Of course the words were referring to the needs that confront the ministry on a daily basis.
The needs of those that often do not even have the essentials of life.

The ministry is ACTS4, which is a local outreach that seeks to meet those essential needs.
The greatest need for most is for Jesus.
He's the One who is the motivating factor at ACTS4.
Jesus desires to touch each life that comes their way and those involved are moved by His love.

On a regular basis whole families are clothed and homes are furnished.
However, they don't stop there!
Clothing and furniture wear out and they never satisfy the longing of one's heart and soul.
The staff and volunteers of ACTS4 share the wonderful news of the Savior, The Son of God through whom our greatest need can be met.

As I thought about this I thought of Jesus' Words found in the Tenth chapter of John, the tenth verse,
"The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly."
What does He mean?  What does that abundant life look like?

It is a life full of God... 
A life lived with the knowledge that God is with you, loves you and will never desert you...

It is a life where Papa gives you all the things that others failed to give and so much more...
Unconditional love...
The privilege of being able to love Him back...
An intimate relationship with Him...
The ability to become all He intended you to be...
Eternal life...

It is a life where God is always speaking to you..teaching you...blessing you...
It is my prayer that I always look closely at His Words and hold them closely to my heart,

It is a life where you can have a pure religion that is reflected in our lives...

It is a life where obedience brings great blessing...
What a joy to sense His pleasure!

It is a life where even the mundane, ordinary things gain significance as we see them through His eyes and perform them to His glory...

It is a life where you experience the truth that you cannot out give God. And when you get that you are eager to walk in it!

"Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."
That is what I would tell those who can help support the ministry of ACTS4.
That is what I love to tell those who seek support from the ministry of ACTS4.

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