Pastor James’ Blog

    Yesterday was a “big day” at Life House and in our community.  Volunteers from three churches joined the Life House Church family,  for a total of 80 people,  to hit the streets of College Hill in Texarkana, AR — picking up trash, sharing bottles of cold water and handing out pamphlets about Life House Church.  The excitement and joy was everywhere. We enjoyed breakfast together and then a short worship time and after prayer hit the streets full force.  The community took notice.  Many, many contacts were made during this four hour event.   Only time will tell how it has impacted the kingdom work of God.    As pastor of Life House – it was a blessing for me and for our church to see so many volunteers willing to come help us “do” such an event.  It is amazing and remarkable what can get done when people are willing to give time, love and hard work to touch the lives of others.  We are very blessed to have some great “Partner Churches” who don’t just “talk” missions – they DO missions.  They don’t just send a check  – they send a check to mission work all over the world and then DO mission work by getting physically involved.    I’m sure some are reading this saying, “I’m not going to pick up trash because I didn’t throw it down.” or “It won’t do any good to pick up the trash in that area because it will be trashy again in a few days.”   Hmmm…. you are right…but does that negate our responsibility as Christians to try to show the world that we are servants for our Savior and that we love them enough to go the second mile?    Jesus went alot of places, touched alot of lives, got “down and dirty” with mankind – getting involved in alot of peoples lives that were hurting because of THEIR choices – but he went to them, touched them and made a difference in their lives.  He set the example. He has called us to go. He desires for us to get out of our “comfort zones” and our big box religion and put on work clothes!  THANK YOU Partner churches and groups for being willing to get “down and dirty” for Jesus.  THANK YOU  Southwest Arkansas Baptist Association, Arkansas Baptist State Convention, North American Mission Board, Shiloh Baptist Church – Texarkana, AR (Our Sponsor Church) and all of the rest of  our partner churches that give either time, money or whatever to make reaching souls for the kingdom possible in our neighborhood.  

Working TOGETHER for the Kingdom is awesome!!      Stop talking missions in your church – start DOING missions – your church WILL be blessed!!                                        Pastor James

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