This year I have been involved in a Bible Study at a drug rehab facility. The women that come, come from all backgrounds. We are different in so many ways, and yet the one way that counts; we are the same. We are all SINNERS. We all have a gift of MERCY and GRACE offered to us. Many have taken up on that, having FAITH in JESUS and HIS work on the CROSS.
This opportunity to serve came up about a year ago. The study group changes, sometimes weekly, it is truly dynamic. Some women graduate, some relocate, some just drop out of the program. God and His SPIRIT are working there in a mighty way.
Some questions that come up:
How do I know when I am saved, I have prayed the salvation prayer many times and then mess up again?
How do I know what pleases God?
What is Faith?
What kind of "soil" am I? How do I know?
How can I surrender fully to God?
How do I NOT put a man in God's place in my heart?
Really good questions, really good conversation. A transparency that sometimes gets lost as we "mature" in Christ and go to Bible Study with other "mature" Christians.
Real struggles, really big life issues, real seeking of answers and deliverance.
Not all are there for a real study, sometimes I am not sure what their motivations are...BUT I don't really care...because we are sharing the Gospel, the GOOD NEWS with these women AND because we are providing child care for their kids....to their children as well! Praise God for the opportunity to serve Him and love others, some who are at their lowest point. We get to point them to a LIGHT that will guide them in LOVE and TRUTH!
So, I am so very thankful this morning. I know is God is working, I know that Satan is working...BUT the VICTORY is in CHRIST, whom I serve!
1 comment:
If it's the place that i think it is aren't these ladies amazing?? I can't imagine being where they are in life with all those children. I don't even know where to start to advise... but isn't it wonderful that our God has all the answers. He doesn't ask us to have them all. He just says Draw near to me and I will you. We take the first step and he closes the gap. Praise the Lord.
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