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Put A Face On It

What can we do? What is our part? That is something I have been asking myself since the murder of George Flyod. And to be honest I’m not even just talking about Black Lives Matter because it is bigger than that. I am talking about the country as a whole. This nation, the people in this nation, the poor, broken, outcast, the communities of people who are hurting and helpless. What can we do? What can I do? 

This week I was on the phone with my grandma and she was talking about what we as the body of Christ should be doing but haven’t been doing. We gave up our responsibility to “Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked” - Psalms 82:3-4. With the way the world is today we have to step up, join together and put our hands and feet on the ground because that is what we have been instructed to do. It is all throughout the Bible. We let this nations marginalized people suffer because we have not been doing our job. Taking care of the poor, downtrodden, widows, children, the broken. That is on us to handle, not the government. We have to start LOVING PEOPLE more than we love our own comfortability. We need to be going out in the community being Jesus hands and feet in our towns, districts and cities. Giving money is great and needed but money doesn’t have a face or a name to it that will give the warm smile or hug that leaves Jesus on their life. We need to put a face to His love. We are His ambassadors, His representation. If you know me you know I love analogies. Take an ambassador for another country, when they come to America they go around meeting and doing the things in which give a face to their country and establish beneficial relationship. They do that to the people that are considered important. We are to do the same for The Kingdom of God, but the people He tells us are important for us to interact with are our neighbors. Neighbors in Christ doesn’t mean the people you live next to, it means the people that need help, love, justice, mercy. [Luke 10:25-37]. This world and the people of this world are not our home but they are our calling.

The goal in life for us, is for Christ to come back. He said it will happen but only when every people group has heard His Word, and when His church is without spot or wrinkle. We can’t be spotless and wrinkle free if we are neglecting the biggest command we have to those in need. We have a duty to the people, a God appointed duty. We have church in the building but we can only be the Church IN the world. We have to step out from behind our checkbook, screens, and place of comfortability and ENGAGE the people who need us most. They need Jesus, yes, but Jesus chooses to use US as His representation. “They will know you are my disciples by how you love” they cant know our love if it is not in front of them to see. Are we going to be a generation full of Godly love? Are we going to be a generation full of Davids in a world full of Sauls? Are we going to be a generation that lives by the Word of God only? Are we going to be a generation that sees Jesus come back? I don’t know about you, but man, oh man I would like to be apart of that. 

Below is a list of links to things you can become apart of or do to help bring change and love to the community. Make it fun, bring your friends, show up and love on people. I personally am going to be going to be contacting John 3:16 and also Thursday Night Lights. It is time to step up. I hope you will join me! Seriously, contact me if you’d like to join me! I will drive haha :)

TULSA OUTREACH

- Homeless outreach
- Provides showers, laundry, haircuts, clothing & case management

- Homeless shelter that serves dinner for the community in Tulsa

-Serve dinner to the homeless every Thursday at 6:30

-Serve food to Kids
-Veterans Outreach
-Mobile Pantries

-First Things First: Collect food and clothes for people in need
- Good Samaritan Health: Free Medical Care to the community
Manna House: Help at a home with Adolescent girls aging out of foster care


COLUMBUS OUTREACH



 (this one has a TON of opportunities)






Petitions to Sign

Justice for Breonna Taylor

Black History Taught in American Schools

Justice for Ahmaud 

Domestic Violence Laws Updated





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  1. JennieJune 18, 2020 at 8:59 AM

    This so true, we need an awakening. Some are doing this already, but the world need the whole church!!!!

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