DO YOU EVER STOP AND THINK, WHAT IF GOD WERE TO CALL ME TO LEAVE EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW TO BE MY LIFE- FAMILY, HOME, FRIENDS, CHURCH, JOBS, EVERYTHING?  WHAT IF HE TOLD YOU TO LEAVE IT ALL AND GO TO A PLACE THAT YOU DON’T KNOW, WITH VERY LITTLE MONEY, NO SUPPORT SYSTEM, NOT EVEN A STABLE PLACE TO LIVE?  WOULD YOU DO IT? COULD YOU DO IT?  COULD YOU GO TO A PLACE OF UNCERTAINTY KNOWING THAT THE ONLY THING YOU CAN RELY ON IS THAT GOD SENT YOU?  WHAT IF HE ASKED YOU TO TAKE YOUR CHILDREN TO THIS PLACE?  DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR DECISION?

WE HAVE ALL HEARD THAT VERSE ABOUT THE YOUNG RULER ASKING JESUS WHAT MUST HE DO TO GO TO HEAVEN AND IN LUKE 18:22 IT SAYS “When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." AFTER HE HEARS THIS HE WALKS AWAY ALL BUMMED OUT BECAUSE IT WAS MORE THAN HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE. WHEN WE HEAR THIS, WE ALL  WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT WE WOULD NOT MAKE THE SAME CHOICES THAT THE YOUNG MAN IN THIS PASSAGE MADE, BUT HOW MANY OF US CAN SAY THAT FOR CERTAIN? JESUS TOLD THE DISCIPLES ONE BY ONE “FOLLW ME” AND THEY LEFT EVERYTHING BEHIND AND FOLLOWED HIM.

BEFORE US TODAY, IN OUR OWN CHURCH FAMILY THAT SAME STORY PLAYS OUT ONCE MORE.  AND UNLIKE THAT RICH YOUNG MAN, A YOUNG COUPLE WITH A SMALL BABY, ARE CHOOSING TO FOLLOW JESUS.

NOW IS OUR CHANCE. WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN BELIEVING THAT THE LORD IS WITH US, AND GUIDES US, THAT WE STRIVE TO BE THE CHURCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. TO BE LIKE THE CHURCH OF ACTS. ACTS 2:44-45”All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. “THE TIME HAS COME TO ACT ON OUR FAITH AND SUPPORT ONE OF GOD’S MISSIONS.

DANIEL AND VALERIE ROBLES HAVE BEEN CALLED TO GET UP AND FOLLOW GOD TO NEW YORK CITY AND TRUST HIM TO PROVIDE. US BEING THE BODY OF GOD, 1 CORINTH 6:19”Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price.” THOSE OF US WHO KNOW DANIEL AND VALERIE KNOW THEIR HEARTS AND HOW MUCH THEY LOVE AND TRUST GOD.

SO WE ASK YOU TO HELP US IN SPONSORING THESE TWO MISSIONARIES AND OUR BROTHER AND SISTER IN CHRIST  IT IS OUR HOPE THAT YOU WILL STAND WITH US IN DOING God’s WORK.

PLEASE CONTACT CLARA GARCIA 243-6106 OR AMY URENA 872-1581 FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION. THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITH THEM AND SHARE JESUS THROUGHOUT OUR NATION.

EPH. 4:16 “From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”