--"For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in...." Matthew 25:35

--DURING the war a church in Strasburg, Germany, was totally destroyed; but a statue of Christ which stood by the altar was almost unharmed. Only the hands of the statue were missing. When the church was rebuilt, a famous sculptor offered to make new hands; but, after considering the matter, the members decided to let it stand as it was--without hands.

"For," they said, "Christ has no hands but our hands to do His work on earth. If we don't visit the imprisoned, and clothe the naked, who will?" Christ is depending on us to do the very things which He did while upon earth.

My friend, if the gospel we preach does not have a social application, if it will not work effectively in the work-a-day world, then it is not the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Prayer For The Day:
'I look at my hands, Lord Jesus, and ask You to use
them this day. Make me conscious of the needs of those who hurt.'

Billy Graham/Evangelist
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