CNN reports:
This may shock you - 1 in 50 children in our nation are homeless.
Read about it here.
New form of shelter called the EDAR given to the homeless in LA.
Watch the video here.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Timeless message: "Endless Love."
There were many new faces at the outreach Saturday. Carol Clifford gave a message on the street this week and received a standing ovation. Here is a summary from her notes:
"I have some "good news" to give you! I know that lately when we turn on the TV, listen to the radio and read the newspapers, all we get is "bad news." The good news is that GOD LOVES YOU. His love is so big and can not be measured. I want to give you a picture (from an old hymn The Love of God)...
'Imagine that the ocean is filled with ink, and the skies were made of parchment, and every stalk on earth was a quill (pen), and every man a scribe (writer) by trade. To write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry, nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky.'
The good news is that 'God loved us so much that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him would not perish but have eternal life.' John 3:16. He 'gave'. His gift of love is Jesus seen on earth. The gift of salvation - the gift of love. Each one of us needs to be loved. There is a God shaped vacuum in our heart that only Jesus can fill. We can never earn God's love because it is a gift. If we do not receive the gift (this was demonstrated with one of the volunteers) it remains with the giver. I grew up as an abused child, then a abused young woman looking for love in all the wrong places. I had to pay the consequences of my choices.
Without God's gift we live our lives upside-down, with turmoil, strife, no joy, peace or love. With God's gift we have love, peace and joy. When I met Jesus, my life then was turned right-side-up. The Bible says that 'godly sorrow leads to repentance.' When we come to God sorry for our wrong doing and ask Him to forgive us, He does. God then changes us. He loves us too much to leave us where we're at. We can not change ourselves, it is God who works in us. We need to receive God's gift of love - so great a salvation.
We cannot describe God's love, we can only experience it. 'Nothing can separate us from the love of God, neither life, death, powers......in Christ Jesus.' Romans 8:38-39"
This is basically what was shared....
Also, the men from her Cell Group (Home church group) worked in the kitchen which was also a huge blessing. They really enjoyed serving.
"I have some "good news" to give you! I know that lately when we turn on the TV, listen to the radio and read the newspapers, all we get is "bad news." The good news is that GOD LOVES YOU. His love is so big and can not be measured. I want to give you a picture (from an old hymn The Love of God)...
'Imagine that the ocean is filled with ink, and the skies were made of parchment, and every stalk on earth was a quill (pen), and every man a scribe (writer) by trade. To write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry, nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky.'
The good news is that 'God loved us so much that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him would not perish but have eternal life.' John 3:16. He 'gave'. His gift of love is Jesus seen on earth. The gift of salvation - the gift of love. Each one of us needs to be loved. There is a God shaped vacuum in our heart that only Jesus can fill. We can never earn God's love because it is a gift. If we do not receive the gift (this was demonstrated with one of the volunteers) it remains with the giver. I grew up as an abused child, then a abused young woman looking for love in all the wrong places. I had to pay the consequences of my choices.
Without God's gift we live our lives upside-down, with turmoil, strife, no joy, peace or love. With God's gift we have love, peace and joy. When I met Jesus, my life then was turned right-side-up. The Bible says that 'godly sorrow leads to repentance.' When we come to God sorry for our wrong doing and ask Him to forgive us, He does. God then changes us. He loves us too much to leave us where we're at. We can not change ourselves, it is God who works in us. We need to receive God's gift of love - so great a salvation.
We cannot describe God's love, we can only experience it. 'Nothing can separate us from the love of God, neither life, death, powers......in Christ Jesus.' Romans 8:38-39"
This is basically what was shared....
Also, the men from her Cell Group (Home church group) worked in the kitchen which was also a huge blessing. They really enjoyed serving.
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