--NO ONE IS HOPELESS WITH JESUS~~

'And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel" -[Mark 16:15]

~~Recently a prison inmate shared his testimony as follows: "After being genuinely converted to the Christian faith, I felt our Lord urging me to witness to the many lost and lonely men around me. One man, however, was so vile and dangerous that I mentally wrote him off as hopeless, and I determined to spend my efforts on others that I thought would be more receptive to the Gospel. But several weeks later I heard him tell another man that he was fed up with his rotten lifestyle and wanted to change. He asked, 'Do you think that God could possibly help me?"

As I reflected on what my friend wrote, I realized that our witnessing can often be subconsciously controlled by the response we expect from people we want to reach out to, instead of by a burden for their deep need. None of us likes when someone opposes or ridicules us, but often these are the people who are most desperate not only for the truth but also for some compassion and understanding. Zacchaeus, Mary Magdalene, and many others in the Bible probably didn't seem like very good prospects to the early disciples, but Jesus knew their heart's hunger and reached out to them in love.

It doesn't take much perception to observe that since people in general have rejected a loving God in favor of pleasure and self-will, not only the family structure but also the very foundation of our entire nation is steadily crumbling. As Christians we have the answers, so let us all be faithful in proclaiming them. There is always hope in Jesus. HE IS ALIVE! \o/ ~~

--'Beside Still Waters/ PL --"You Keep Hope Alive"/ Phillips, Craig, and Dean//<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUUBpRgYzhE>
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