What Can We Do?

Nobody can ignore the fact that we are at war right now, except maybe the politicians.  My friends in France have seen murders in the name of Allah.  Our friends in England are losing their rights.  Atheists are turning to Mohammed instead of Christ.  Its safer.  People all over the world are suffering persecution and the numbers of displaced, murdered, and abandoned Christians are rising.  Congress is calling for the term genocide to be used.  But what can we do?  Yes...vote!  Yes...pray hard! Yes share our faith.

But there is something else we can do.  We must educate, teach, prepare this generation to speak boldly and stand with faith in God and belief in Christ.   Because they can reach others.  And if indeed this is the beginning of the final days as many are saying, if we are facing Apocolyptic times ahead, and I say we are already there across the world, then it is our charge, our desire to reach the final generations for Christ.  Because when Christ left He gave us the command to "Go to all the nations and make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you...Matthew 28: 19-20."  I want to say here that  we cannot do this in our own strength and power.  He also made that clear in vs. 18: "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth."  And in vs 20: "and lo I am with you always, even to the end of the age."  He sandwiched the command with His power and His presence-do we need any more than that?  These were his final words on earth.  It was obviously of some importance to Him then.  It should be of great importance to us.

Here are three ministries that I support.  Each of them is seeking to reach this generation-one right here in Huntsville, one in India, and one in Africa.  Please pray for their leaders and consider supporting these front line warriors!

Legacy Christian University, legacyu.net - seeking to bring a high quality Christian education to those who cannot afford the high costs and relocation required elsewhere.  Legacy Christian University is an independent, private Christian college in Huntsville Alabama.  It is just beginning.  Our Mission is to educate students to become kingdom-focused leaders who impact their communities for Christ. Our Vision is to be an institution of higher education founded on Christian values and a Biblical Worldview offering degrees to Christian students in the Tennessee Valley.

Reaching Indians Minstries Inc., RIMI.org, also called Mission India in India- They train leaders at Mission India Theological Seminary in Nagpur India and send them out as missionaries to begin churches.  Their goal is to raise up 100,000 Christian men and women and send them out to every state in India.  Each church start is supported only partly and are urged to develop their own means of funding.  Because of the animosity and persecution of entrenched Hindu leaders, it is difficult and slow work, many pastors are beaten, all are ridiculed and harassed.  On their website you can view testimonies of their students or get the book, The One True God, to see how God has called and touched the people of India and given this generation opportunity to reach the lost of India.

Africa New Life Ministries, ANLM.org is working in Rwanda.  Their ministry is to the poorest areas, where they build schools and Americans support  students with a small amount.  This provides these communities with three things:  each student is fed one meal (in Rwanda most people only eat one meal a day), given clothes and shoes (the clothes are made locally), and are educated (all education is funded by parents in Rwanda and their is no government aid.  ANLM schools are high quality, provide local jobs, provide their facilities on Saturday to community leaders for community events, and host church on Sundays.  All students are taught the gospel message.  Many of their parents are reached with the gospel.  Rwanda knows brokenness (the genocide their and tribal conflicts had devastating affects still present today) and God is there with ANLM to give them renewed hope and healing.

I know some of you may support similar ministries.  I hope so!  Some of us are not called to work directly with students-we aren't gifted teachers.  We also cannot effectiely teach in Africa or India and live there.  But we can support those who do!  Anyone can pray  for or give to these ministries.  

We are not to despair.  We are to continue the work!
Blessings to all of you today and may our Lord give you busy hands and open hearts.