Praise the Lord for this new day. It will be warm and bright here today. Praise the Lord for Springtime, that the Lord of all seasons ushers to the earth every year without failure. Once again we rejoice in the Lord for the season of sweet spring. I love to listen to "Spring" by Vivaldi. You will listen to Vivaldi with me today. I am so psyched. We had a holy blast during our Wednesday Evening gathering. Thank you Jesus. We were looking at John 4, where we read about how our Lord Jesus invested so much time with an outcast, the Samaritan woman. He offered her new life, and living water. She received it gladly. Her life was changed and transformed. Before she met Jesus, she was nobody. When she had her Jesus encounter her life was changed for ever.
So many women around globe today are abused, tormented, and
driven into bondage. Our Lord does call the church to be engaged in this
ministry of outreach to the least, the last, and the lost. All my four
daughters have been touched by the grace and mercy of the Lord Jesus. They have
received a glimpse into the heart of Jesus. All of them are involved in the
ministry of the Gospel in one form or the other.
I have been in touch with the
ministry of healing and caring that is taking place all over the world. I would
like to make a note of two ministry entities. One is orchestrated by young
medical processionals from England. One of our friends from UK spent over a
month in Orissa, India. She came home blessed and energized. Another group of
zealous Christians based in Charlotte, North Carolina is involved in a
multifaceted ministry in India and expanding the work to Orissa. I spoke to one
of the leaders of this group this week. I got fired up. In the midst of and
in the face of geopolitical upheaval, various global crises, and concerns, the
Work of the Gospel is carried out all over the world. Praise be to
Jesus,
We live in
exciting times in the church. God is up to a lot; some we can see, but far more
that we cannot see yet. We are recovering a sense of God's heart for the poor
and for people on the margins and for those who are the victims of
injustice. The fact that God is making this movement happen is mercy on his
part.
When we do what God tells us,
especially in regard to how we treat people on the margins and exercise
compassion and advocate for their justice, they will be blessed. I love to
read Isaiah 58: when we pursue justice
and righteousness, we're blessed, too.
When God's
people live and love like him, we receive wonderful blessings. As we look at
these blessings,we must ponder our own lives. Here are blessings for the
world, for ourselves, for those places and people that need blessing. When we
obey God and put justice into practice:
Your light will shine in the midst of darkness.
Your healing will happen when you least expect it.
Your God-likeness will be your reputation.
Everything that God is will protect you.
God will hear your prayers quickly, and come.
Again, the Bible says, your light will shine.
The places of your darkness will feel lighter.
God will guide you, every step.
You'll find satisfaction even in desolate places.
You'll be strong on the inside.
You'll be as lush as a well-watered garden, beautiful, fruitful.
You'll be bountiful, overflowing.
Things that are ruined will be rebuilt.
Strong foundations for those who come after us will be built.
You'll be given new names of honor: restorer, repairer.
Let us pray and discern how we
can act, for the people Jesus loves, in the power of the Holy Spirit, because
we are the people belonging to Jesus saved by Jesus to be like Him and act like
Him, as it was always meant to be, from the very beginning. Lord Jesus, come.
In Christ,
Brown
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