Pastor Bob Flayhart spoke with conviction about outreach and mission in the church. He talked about reaching out to the people everyone often forgets or are afraid to talk to about Jesus: the homeless, addicts and homosexuals.
When we look around our churches where are these people? Have they not been reached out to? Where is the addict who lives his life for the drink or the drug; who can't get through the day without the hit. Most of the time when I look around I don't see these people. Are they so disgusting? Are they so horrible? Are they so much more worse than me? No. When I think of an addict I will always see my father's face, for which I can only cast love upon. I pray that someone is reaching out to him or there will come a day when I am strong enough to reach out to him. We should be looking for this in everyone, a family member or a loved one because after all they are someone's brother, sister, mother, father, daughter or son.
Remember WWJD. I have to admit at one point I had one of those bracelets but I did not understand the fullness of what they meant. Let's think about the Gospel and what Jesus would do in this day and age that we live in... Jesus would not reject anyone.
He pours His grace over us everyday. We are sinners saved by grace and that grace is only found in Christ
This is a clip from the show, Intervention.
Just shows how addiction affects families, so next time we meet someone who may be drug user don't automatically be afraid or scared, share with them.
