“Our once great western Christian civilization is dying. If this matters to followers of Jesus Christ, then we must set aside our denominational differences and work together to strengthen the things that remain and reclaim what has been lost. Evangelicals and Catholics must stand together to re-establish that former Christian culture and moral consensus. We have the numbers and the organization but the question is this: Do we have the will to win this present spiritual battle for Jesus Christ against secularism? Will we prayerfully and cooperatively work toward a new Christian spiritual revival ― or will we choose to hunker down in our churches and denominationalisms and watch everything sink into the spiritual and moral abyss of a New Dark Age?” - Mark Davis Pickup

Saturday, May 10, 2014

HANDS FOR GOD

"But now, O Lord, You are our Father,
We are the clay, and You our potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand.
(Isaiah 64.8.)

Make a difference today. Commit your life to something Godly and worthy. Be a Biblical Christian. Show your Christianity and let Christ use your hand's to show His love and care in the world. His hands were pierced for us. Remember it was the hand of God who made you and me. Make a difference today. 

Do you have a passion for the sacredness of human life? Then speak up for life, all life, at every state and stage.[1] Do it because God loves humanity.[2] Remember that all humanity bears the indelible image of God and deserves our respect, care and protection.[3]




Do you have a passion for the environment? Plant a tree, pick up garbage, write a letter to an elected official to enact laws that respect the land, the water, the air we breath.[4] We are stewards of God's creation. Our actions today will impact the world of tomorrow. We have a responsibility to the present and the future.

Is your passion for justice? Get involved with a ministry that cares for the homeless in your community, or the unborn, the disabled or the elderly.[5]  

Make a difference today, tomorrow and the tomorrows yet to come. Leave the world a better place than you found it. You can make a difference. 

Mark

[Click below or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIuQ2n4GvNA   for the beautiful guitar rendition of As the Deer, by Jim Greeninger.]


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[1] Proverbs 31.8-9.
[2] Jeremiah 31.3, John 3.16, 16.27. Cf. Romans 5.8, Ephesians 2.4,  1John 3.1.
[3] Genesis 1.26-27., 5.1., 9.6., James 3.9-10.
[4] Genesis 1.9-13.
[5] Psalm 82.3, Also see Matthew 25.31-40.

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