TOO DARK TO SLEEP

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I will begin a sermon series this Sunday that will be entitled “TO DARK TO SLEEP”. In recent weeks I have been reminded AGAIN of the tragedies and horrors that are happening during our day. As I sit in my office or in my home I do not feel there is really any great need in the world. I have found my safe place or bunker as many of you have. I fight a battle within me as to what to do and seem frustrated. I do know this. There are too many people who are unreached with the gospel of Jesus Christ. There are too many people that do not have the basic need of clean water to drink and are dying. There is too much poverty in the world. There are too many people caught in the slavery of human trafficking. I cannot do everything, but I MUST do something. It is TOO DARK TO SLEEP.  As Christians, we must wake up and attend to the work God has placed before us. This is happening on our watch.

³¹ “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. ³² Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. ³⁴ Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ³⁶ I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ ³⁷ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ ⁴⁰ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ (Matthew 25:31-40)