Thursday, June 25, 1998
Thursday, June 25, 1998
For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost. (Luke 19:10
NRSV)
We read in Acts 2:42 that they devoted themselves to "the breaking of bread and prayers." Prayer
fueled the vitality of the early church. Prayer will also continue the vitality of our Christian
journey.
I saw a news report of a church bulletin that read like this: "The outreach committee has enlisted
25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church." I'm sure this was a
typo. We should nonetheless be in prayer for those who don't attend church.
At the end of World War II, Robert Woodruff, president of Coca Cola declared, "In my
generation it is my desire that everyone in the world have a taste of Coca Cola." Today Coca
Cola is sold from the deserts of Africa to the interior of China. Why? Because Woodruff
motivated his colleagues to reach their generation around the world for Coke.
Any healthy organization reaches out. We must reach out too, as we share our savior with a lost
world.
Prayer: Dear God, thank you for all the people who have reached out to me with the
message of hope in Jesus Christ. Move me to share my savior in love for those who are in need of
your hope. Amen.
Ronald Newhouse, Texas, USA