Our youth ministry had our annual service project, IMPACT, this past week. This week always amazes me. I am amazed how teenagers will give up a week to climb on someone's roof and do manual labor just to serve someone they don't even know. I think we truly were Christ's hands and feet.
I wouldn't say that our church has a "heart for the nations" yet, but I think this is how the seed is planted that will grow into a desire to go abroad and serve others in Christ's name. After all, in Acts 1:8, Jesus says, "You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the Earth." I think that means that missions has to start in your own backyard. Hopefully, that is what we are instilling in our youth. I pray that this attitude will move from our teenagers into the rest of our church.
May God use our service to glorify Him and to birth a desire to take His name to other areas of our state, nation, and world. Amen.
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