Workers All Over The World

I have been watching the facebooks of people who are strong believers. They are all over the world. The United States has indulged for so long in superficial Chritianity, that we forget there is a deeper commitment and walk among believers in other parts of the world. While we are seeking pleasure and enjoyment, taking advantage of our prosperity, there are those in God's family who are laboring and suffering to bring the Gospel to the oppressed peoples. We are afraid to cross the street and clearly tell a neighbor his need for a Savior, but we will go to his party and talk about our boats, our trips, our prosperity, proving to him that we are just like him. Why on earth would he need whatever we have, he already has it. I have read of people in Malasia, Turkey, Indonesia and India, who spend all their time in the work of the Lord. They don't worry about winning a friend by a soft squishy Gospel. They preach and teach clearly and straightforwardly, the bad news...we are lost sinners on our way to hell...and then the good news....Christ paid our debt, if we trust Him we will be with Him forever. Let's pray for those who labor in oppressive countries, where their lives are in danger much of the time because of the Gospel. Then let's pray for our own churches here in America to develop a depth of Christianity that goes beyond superficial rules and enjoyments. The time is short, He will be here soon and the work is not yet finished.
Blessings,
Gwendolyn

The Sheep of His Pasture

"Then Jesus said to them again. "Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and they may have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But he who is a hireling and not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd. Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father."....."And, I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. I and My Father are one."