Trust In God.

Matthew 6:25-34, and Luke 12-22-34, both talk about not worrying about your life, what we will eat, or what we will drink, wear, and not worry about tomorrow because tomorrow has enough worries of its own. Philippians 4:6-7 says do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and petition present your requests to God and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. Provers 3:5-6 says trust in the Lord, and lean not on your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight. Their are more that tell us, to trust in God, not to worry, not to be anxious but do we not worry, do we not be anxious, do we trust God? Not always, we have the school bills, that we just finished up from school, and we wonder and worry about how we are to pay back those bills. We faith health issues, and people tell us oh that isn't good to have, and we read things on the internet, that till us things about it. Instead of giving it to God, and trusting in him, that He will helps us through the trials and difficulties that we face. We lose our job, and we send out resumes. We pray and we ask God to help us try to find that job, but we don't because the unemployment rate is at 10%. So we start to panic, instead of trusting in God and not worrying. So whatever you are dealing with today, do not be anxious, do not worry, do not fear, but Trust in God, pray and ask God to take care of the situations that you are dealing with in your life, and know that God will lead you through it. Because He has the plans and purposes for your life. Jeremiah 29:11

Jesus is Born

A Virgin Conceives

Luke 2:26-38

26–28 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to the Galilean

village of Nazareth to a virgin engaged to be married to a man descended from David. His name

was Joseph, and the virgin’s name, Mary. Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her:

Good morning!

You’re beautiful with God’s beauty,

Beautiful inside and out!

God be with you.

29–33 She was thoroughly shaken, wondering what was behind a greeting like that. But the

angel assured her, “Mary, you have nothing to fear. God has a surprise for you: You will become

pregnant and give birth to a son and call his name Jesus.

He will be great,

be called ‘Son of the Highest.’

The Lord God will give him

the throne of his father David;

He will rule Jacob’s house forever—

no end, ever, to his kingdom.”

34 Mary said to the angel, “But how? I’ve never slept with a man.”

35 The angel answered,

The Holy Spirit will come upon you,

the power of the Highest hover over you;

Therefore, the child you bring to birth

will be called Holy, Son of God.

36–38 “And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth conceived a son, old as she is? Everyone

called her barren, and here she is six months pregnant! Nothing, you see, is impossible with

God.”

Luke 2:1-20

The Birth of Jesus

1–5 2 About that time Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Empire.

This was the first census when Quirinius was governor of Syria. Everyone had to travel to his

own ancestral hometown to be accounted for. So Joseph went from the Galilean town of

Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David’s town, for the census. As a descendant of David, he

had to go there. He went with Mary, his fiancée, who was pregnant.

6–7 While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. She gave birth to a son, her

firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because there was no room in

the hostel.

An Event for Everyone

8–12 There were sheepherders camping in the neighborhood. They had set night watches over

their sheep. Suddenly, God’s angel stood among them and God’s glory blazed around them. They

were terrified. The angel said, “Don’t be afraid. I’m here to announce a great and joyful event

that is meant for everybody, worldwide: A Savior has just been born in David’s town, a Savior

who is Messiah and Master. This is what you’re to look for: a baby wrapped in a blanket and

lying in a manger.”

13–14 At once the angel was joined by a huge angelic choir singing God’s praises:

Glory to God in the heavenly heights,

Peace to all men and women on earth who please him.

15–18 As the angel choir withdrew into heaven, the sheepherders talked it over. “Let’s get over to

Bethlehem as fast as we can and see for ourselves what God has revealed to us.” They left,

running, and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. Seeing was believing.

They told everyone they met what the angels had said about this child. All who heard the

sheepherders were impressed.

19–20 Mary kept all these things to herself, holding them dear, deep within herself. The

sheepherders returned and let loose, glorifying and praising God for everything they had heard

and seen. It turned out exactly the way they’d been told!

Whatever reason you celebrate Christmas, whatever your intentions for getting the Presents, whatever you believe or don't believe about religion. We must remember that Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago, and to remember Him today, and to Thank God for giving us his son, and allowing his son to come to earth, and be born. Thank you God, thank you Jesus.

With God's strength you can do Anything.

Growing up as someone with a disability, we are sometimes limited in what we can do, and in our abilities. Though growing up we are told that no matter what we put our minds to, we can do whatever it is that we want. That is sometimes difficult, because when we are looking for what we want to do, with that desire and job. Or that plan or purpose for our lives, we are turned down because people who don't have disabilities are limited to what they see, and what they think we can do. We are sometimes told that we are not smart enough, we can't do this or that because of our limitations, so how are we supposed to do what we want to do when being told by others that we can't. Some of you that read this may not believe in God, may not believe in him because of what you have gone through, and because of what you have had to deal with in your life. Regardless of believing in God, or not, we will always have limitations, and we will always have difficulties that we will face. In Philippians 4:13 Paul writes I can do all things through Him who ​​strengthens me. Another words regardless of the limitations that we have, the difficulties that we face in this life, when we have that faith in God, He will give us the strength to do what it is that we want to do, and that He has for us. Because God has a plan and a purpose for us, and He loves us. Life in general is not always easy, that's why we must keep our focus on God, and not take it off of what it is that He has for us. If we do we will get distracted, we will get those people that till us we are useless and worthless, and will not fulfill the plans that we have set up for our own lives. We will take our eyes off of what it is that God has for us. Know this that whatever you feel or believe or don't believe about God, He loves you, and He has made you however you are for a plan and a purpose in your life, and with mustard seed faith, when you believe in Him, He will show you what He has for you in your life, as He has in mine.

God's plan for you.

Their are times in our lives, when we are born differently or born with a birth defect, that we ask why. Why would we be born with a birth defect. We don't always know or understand why we are born with a birth defect. Though God says that the thing being molded will not say to the molder, who is God why did you make me like this. Romans 9:20 20 On the contrary, who are you, ​a​O man, who ​b​answers back to God? ​​The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? Psalms 139:13-17 says 13 For You ​a​formed my ​1​inward parts; You ​​wove me in my mother’s womb. 14 I will give thanks to You, for ​I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.15 My ​​frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the ​depths of the earth; 16 Your ​a​eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in ​​Your book were all written The ​days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. We as people with disabilities, may not be able to fully understand or comprehend how a loving and caring God, who loves us would create us the way that He did. Because of the disability, we may not even believe that their is a God, or maybe we do but we are so angry with him, because of what we have gone through, that we can't fully understand who God is. Here is an illustration that talks about some great men and women that have had to deal with disability, but still where able to do great things in their life. Overcoming and Achieving

Some of the world’s greatest men and women have been saddled with disabilities and adversities but have managed to overcome them. Cripple him, and you have a Sir Walter Scott. Lock him in a prison cell, and you have a John Bunyan. Bury him in the snows of Valley Forge, and you have a George Washington. Raise him in abject poverty, and you have an Abraham Lincoln. Subject him to bitter religious prejudice, and you have a Benjamin Disraeli. Strike him down with infantile paralysis, and he becomes a Franklin D. Roosevelt. Burn him So severely in a schoolhouse fire that the doctors say he will never walk again, and you have a Glenn Cunningham, who set a world’s record in 1934 for running a mile in 4 minutes, 6.7 seconds. Deafen a genius composer, and you have a Ludwig van Beethoven. Have him or her born black in a society filled with racial discrimination, and you have a Booker T. Washington, a Harriet Tubman, a Marian Anderson, or a George Washington Carver. Make him the first child to survive in a poor Italian family of eighteen children, and you have an Enrico Caruso. Have him born of parents who survived a Nazi concentration camp, paralyze him from the waist down when he is four, and you have an incomparable concert violinist, Itzhak Perlman. Call him a slow learner, “retarded,” and write him off as ineducable, and you have an Albert Einstein.

In Jeremiah 29:11 it says for I know the Plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to Harm you to give you a hope and a future. No matter what your thoughts, feelings, or beliefs about God, He loves you, He died on the cross for your sins, and regardless of the disability, He has a plan and a purpose for your life.

God Of The Second Chance

Romans 3:23 says All Have Sinned And Fallen Short of The Glory of God. Even though Romans 3:23, says ALL SIN AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. And we know from the Bible, that all we have to do is to call on the Name of the Lord, ask for forgiveness of our sins, and we will be saved. But because of our human selves and the condemnation we put on our selves we do not think that God will forgive us. But what about people in the bible, people like David, who although was a man after God's own heart, had sex with Bathsheba, and had her husband killed. Though God still anointed him King. What about Jonah who was called by God, to go and minister, at Nineveh. Though instead of going to Nineveh he decided to get up and flee and go to Tarshish. Eventhough Jonah disobeyed God, and God could have said okay you will get your way I will use someone else. God decided to send a giant Fish, and have the fish take him to Nineveh. What about Paul, who was previously named Saul, and was a murderer, and wanted to kill all of those who believed in Jesus. While, Saul was walking down the road to Damascus, Jesus comes ot him in a light, and asks Saul why are you persecuting me. Long story short, Saul becomes Paul, one of the greatest Evangelists of all time, and wrote most of the new Testament. What about Peter who after denying Jesus 3 times after the crucifixion, but after rising from the dead, Jesus doesn't forget about Peter. When Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Jaes, and Salome, the angel in the tomb says do not be afraid But go, tell His disciples and Peter, He is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He told you. Mark 16:1-7 Because of what we have done, in our past, and even what we have done, while we have had a relationship with Christ, though Jesus still forgives when we ask him. Jesus isn't a God, of one strike, and your out. The Bible says He will forgive us 70x7. Jesus will give us a second, third, and a fourth chance, and more if we need it, and because we are human we will need it. Lets remember those that have gone ahead of us, and remember those guys, and what they have done, and remind ourselves, that God uses anyone that allows him to.

Do not let anyone look down on you.

The Denver Broncos, head coach, Josh McDaniels is a first year head coach. Coming from the New England Patriots as the Offensive teams coordinator. At the time, he became the Broncos head coach he was the youngest head coach in any of the four major North American professional sports and the fifth-youngest NFL head coach ever, although less than a week later the Tampa Bay Buccaneer's named the even-younger Raheem Moorisas their head coach. As with any new and young guy as the head coach, the critics, where saying they are going to do no good, they are not going to do well. So much for the critics, since the Broncos are now 5-0. I am not saying they will win the Superbowl, and I will not say they will go undefeated. My point comes from 1 Timothy 4:12 12 ​a​Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe. In our Christian walk, we must grow in these area's of our lives, and become more like Christ each day. And when we feel God calling us to do something, not allow those that say we are too young or not ready to do that to put us down. Because look at what happened to Mary and Joseph who where both Teenagers, and yet Mary gives birth to Christ. God chose Mary because He saw those values in her and her maturity level. Now I do not know if Josh is a Christian or not, but whenever we do things in our lives, we should not allow others to look down on us because we are young or because we do not have the experience to do what it is that we are going to do. But do it to the best of our ability, whether it be in the physical or spiritual world.

Fulfilling Our Dreams.

To all my friends, that have one type of disability, or another. Do not let anyone stop you from pursuing or fulfilling the dreams, that you have in your heart. You and I may have different beliefs and different views of God. Some of you may be angry at Him, some of you may not think He exists, some of you may wonder why such a loving and caring God would make me with this horrific disability. Thats ok, because I wondered and asked the same questions somewhere along the line. We may have limitations and we may not be able to do everything that everyone else can, though that doesn't mean we still can't shoot for the stars. I believe that God created each of us differently for a reason and a purpose. It says in Psalms 139:13-17

13 For You ​a​formed my ​1​inward parts;

You ​b​wove me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will give thanks to You, for ​1​I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

​a​Wonderful are Your works,

And my soul knows it very well.

15 My ​1​​a​frame was not hidden from You,

When I was made in secret,

And skillfully wrought in the ​b​depths of the earth;

16 Your ​a​eyes have seen my unformed substance;

And in ​b​Your book were all written

The ​c​days that were ordained for me,

When as yet there was not one of them.


Jeremiah 29:11 says in the Message version of this verse I know what I am doing, I have it all planned out plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. God loves you guys, even though life sucks sometimes, and living with a disability isn't easy. Take away this one thing do not let anyone, around you to stop you from doing what it is on your heart to do or to dream. God Bless,

Be Anxious For Nothing

We watch the news and we see the warnings for the terrorist attacks. We see the unemployment rate rising, we see the economy and the housing market, dropping faster than President Obama's approval rating. We see these things, and we are worried, and anxious, are we going to lose our jobs. Are we going to be able to pay next month mortgage or car payment? We walk into a doctor's office and we get a bad report, the doctor says you got six months to live. My parent's where told by doctor's that when I was born, I wouldn't survive, I would eventually be brain dead. Well thirty two years, 68 operations, a high school diploma, and 3 College degree's later, and I AM STILL HERE. By God's grace, mercy and healing power, but I am still here. God says in Philippians 4:6 Be Anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving let your requests be known to God. The Greek word Anxious means to be anxious to be troubled with cares.
Matthew 6:25-34 says 25 “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

26 “Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

27 “And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?

28 “And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,

29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

30 “But if God so clothes the agrass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!

31 “Do not aworry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’

32 “For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

33 “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be 3added to you.

34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will 1care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Dr. Walter Cavert reported a survey on worry that indicated that only 8 percent of the things people worried about were legitimate matters of concern! The other 92 percent were either imaginary, never happened, or involved matters over which the people had no control anyway. It isn't always easy not to worry and not to be anxious when things are tough and hard, but we have the promise, made by God, that He will supply for us, and take care of us.

What Are You In Need Of

Philippians 4:19 19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ. There are times in our lives, when we ask God for something, and we don't get it right away. God has said that we need to ask, seek, and knock, for things as well. Like Dr. Dippold, used to say keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking. Though sometimes those things that we ask for are wants, and not necessarily something that we need. It may be something that we think we need but not something that God thinks that we need. Will God open the doors for me next year, yes, because that is a need in order for the ministry to continue. God will supply you with the job, and finances, because you need to live, and need to supply for yourself and your family. Though we all have to keep God first in our lives, we can't put him first when we are asking him for something, get it, and than put him back on the shelf either. We need to have him first in our lives. All the time. God help us to know that as long as we are serving you, that you will supply all of our needs. And during these days of economic turmoil and distress, that you will supply our needs that we have.

Man looks on the outside but God looks at the Heart

1 Samuel 16:7 says But the Lord said to Samuel do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature because I have rejected him For God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance but God looks at the Heart. How many times, do we go to church, and say hello to our church "family", but don't really know what's going on, on the inside. How many of our friends, are hurting, struggling with situations in their lives, divorce, job loss, relationship difficulties, and we don't even know it. How often when someone does open up to us, do we just give advice, and brush them off, without even listening to what they have to say. Maybe all they want to do is someone to listen to them, and not to give them advice. I was in the Brooklyn Teen Challenge today, and if I would have passed any of them on the street, I would have never known that they where in a drug rehab place. The outside appearance to any one of us may look fine, but it's what is on the inside that is hurting. If we do not have the friends, family, that we are able to open up to. The only one that knows what is going on inside of us is God, and He knows even before we tell him. I do not think that we need to tell our friends every little secret, though I do think that when people are hurting that we need to be their for our friends when they need us. I am not going to push my friends to open up to me about what is going on in their livs, though I do want them to know that I along with God will be their for them, and with them.

Give our burdens to God,

There are times in our lives, when we pray and ask God to take the burdens that are weighing us down off our shoulders and lay it at the foot of the cross. Because thats what it tells us to do in Matthew 11:25-3025 ​at that ​1​ time Jesus said, “I praise You, ​b​Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that ​c​You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.

26 “Yes, ​ father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.

27 “​All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father ​except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.

28 “​Come to Me, all ​who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.

29 “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Though how many times, in our lives, do we do that, and the next morning we are thinking about the same thing, we just supposedly gave to God the night before. How many times in His word, does he say do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and petition, present your requests to God, and the peace of God will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. I have heard from other people, though haven't applied it to my life, and that is there is an aspect of life, that we just have to wait and give it to God, and allow him to give to us when it is his time. It doesn't mean we can't look around, and speak to people, and wonder if they are the ones that can fulfill that aspect of our lives, God doesn't say sit on your hands and I will bring you your future husband/wife. But in my own life, I wonder sometimes, because we are human if someone will love me, for me. Yes we need to be attractive to the outside but we also need to know what that person has on the inside. I just need to give this aspect of my life to God, say God I give it to you I am going to allow your will to be done in this area of my life, one of many I have to give you everyday, to allow your peace to overcome my life. God I give it to you.

Something To Chew On

In a week, and a half I will be going to be giving bible study lesson's at the special touch camp in PA. Which I am really excited about. A few months back, their was a verse in Romans that I was reading that never really hit me before. Which was Romans 9:20 On the contrary, who are you O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, "why did you make me like this" Will it? Their has been times in my life, when I would wonder why God would create me like he has, though I don't think their has ever been a time, when I asked God why did you make me like this. I know the typical christianese answer is that God has a plan and purpose for us. Which is true, for all of us, though how do you explain that to someone who is in a wheel chair? or someone whose parent's where told that He would be brain dead at birth? Or someone who has a brain defect? I am sure their are people with disabilities, that has asked God why would you make me with a disability?, I have wondered, since most disabilities have to do with a genetic defect, can we just say that God allowed it to happen, since he allows things to happen for a reason and a purpose. Or can we say that He created us, this way since birth, since that is what it says in Psalms 139:13-17 and Jeremiah 1. Not saying anyone has the specific answer or theological answer to that statement, but just something to ponder and chew on.

Give Thanks, in all Circumstances

1 Thessalonians 5:18 says Give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. The biggest question I have is how are we to give thanks in all circumstances when we see people with guns, shooting others and than shooting themselves? How do we explain this verse to those who have lost loved ones, and family members because a Mother was driving down the wrong way on a highway drunk and possibly high on drugs? I am going down to the Special Touch Camp, in 2 and a half weeks, with people that have the minds, of school kids, though their love for God, is something stronger than I have even seen in my life. I know we have to give thanks in all circumstances because thats what the bible says to do, but the question is HOW when tragedy like this at times hits us. How do I explain to someone who is in a wheelchair, or even mobile that doesn't have a regular education, that we are to give thanks in all circumstances. Not because I don't think they would understand my explanation of it, but because of all that they have gone through in their lives. It's the same thing in my life, if someone would have told me when I was a teenager and going into the hospital for major surgery, that even though I could die, I have to give God thanks, I probably would have looked at him with two heads. How in 2002 when my Mom suddenly passed away from a stroke, through that difficult time, was I still supposed to give thanks? I suppose I could have given thanks that she knew and trusted in God, and I will someday see her again, and I am grateful for that. And I understand that when tragedy does hit us, that we don't always have to explain everything but just be their to comfort those who are hurting. But when the questions come what do we say?

Waiting for Marriage.

I was recently at a Casting Crowns Concert, and the main Singer mark hall has a saying, God doesn’t need me he wants me. Well, I turned that into me getting married, God willing at some point. God doesn’t need me to get married, He wants me to get married, though he wants me to get married to the woman that He has for me. I have heard and spoken to a few people lately, even got an email, from one out of the blue, about wanting to get married, and why their is such a long waiting process. Maybe thats just God’s way of telling me that their are other people in the boat with me, waiting for that woman/man that God has for them. Though their are times in my life, when I look in the mirror, and wonder if I will find that woman that God has for me. I wonder because of the way I look, will I ever find, that woman, not because we don't look on the inside but because for most people including myself, we are attracted to what people look on the outside. Even for you ladies out their, when you are waiting, and looking, for the man that God has for you, don’t give up hope, and pic the first guy that comes along, wait, and if you have to wait some more. We may never have the perfect marriage, no one ever does, but I do believe that God does want us to find that special someone. We just need to be patient at some point, their are always times in our lives when we need to be patient and wait, when we are cooking, we need to wait until it’s properly cooked, before we can have it. It’s the same thing when we are waiting for that someone, we have to wait until we are mature enough, and ready enough to get married.

Doing Great things for God so why do we doubt when he calls

•March 5, 2009 •

We all want to do something great for God, though when He calls us, we can’t give excuses, we need to Go. When we feel the call of God on our lives to do something, we sometimes give the excuses we’re not good enough, we’re too young, we can’t speak well enough. What about David, who before taking the charge to go up against Goliath also fought and killed a lion and a bear.

Even with that resume look at what Saul says to David in first Samuel 17:32-33 David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” 33 Then Saul said to David, “you are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth.”

What about Moses who was to lead the Israelites out of the Hand of Pharaoh and told God I am neither good in speech or slow of tongue. Like Moses, and David we as well either give the excuse or are told by others that we are not capable or have the ability to do what God has for us. Even though I had the desire to do youth ministry I wondered, along with moses, how with a speech impairment I was going to be a youth pastor.

I had people tell me that ministry may not be good for me, I had a high school history teacher tell me I wouldn’t make it in college. Some people at bible college didn’t think that I would do well in the classes. So they had me graduate with an associates degree in my third year at College. Was I an A+ student no, was the subjects hard yes, did I have a learning disability yes. Regardless of what I felt or what people where telling me, I knew that I had to get out of my comfort zone, and keep my eyes focused on God. Because I knew that God had a plan and a purpose for my life. For it says in Jeremiah 29:11 Message Bible I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.

Their are to many times in our lives when we listen to those around us, telling us we can’t make it, we won’t finish, your a failure, you won’t succeed, your not smart enough.
Even with those voices telling us we can’t, we won’t accomplish what God has for us. Their is always that still small voice of the holy spirit, telling us, keep going, don’t listen to those around you, I will give you the strength to finish.

When we feel Gods call on our hearts to do something for him He is not going to call us out of our comfort zone and not be their for us. Why do I know that because God gives us the perfect example of not leaving us alone when He is going to the boat and calls Peter.
Peter does what most of us do at least some point in our life time, we take our eyes of off Christ. Because of the trials, situations, difficulties that surround us we begin to sink, and lose the faith that God gives us. Thats when God has to come over, take our hand and say you of little faith why did you doubt.

How come their are not a lot of disability people in churches

Many of our churches, say that they will welcome anyone that will come into the doors of the church. They say they will reach a certain mile radius of those in their community. Though how many of those people are disabled? How many of those are not going to church on a daily bases 1. Because they don’t have the accessibility to get to the church 2. Because the church does not have a ministry to reach out to the disabled, 3. Because the church does not have the time, ability, and calling to want to reach those that are disabled. Now I don’t mean to be stepping on some toes if I am, and yes it may be a little tougher and a little harder to reach certain people with disabilities, to understand the bible, and subject matter that we preach about. But why don’t we?

Right now, I am at a special touch getaway in WI, where many of these campers are only getting their church for 1 week out of the 51 weeks of the year. I am going to give a short 10 minute testimony about my life, and about how I was raised up in the church, but didn’t always feel the love that I should have. I have meet some people here that have showed me that they don’t care what others think, or what others will say they will get up in front of the Congregation, and worship God. It may not be the “normal” worship that we think about but they worship. Their are varying degrees of disability at this camp and on the “outside” world. Yes they are all different, they each have a different way of functioning, understanding, comprehending, but in the end they understand and can comprehend, that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior. As we know it says in

Matthew 28:19 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in​a​ the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Yes we are obeying the call that God has given to us, but only to a certain extent. Some that read this may be reaching out to those that have disabilities, and I applaud you for that, but what about the rest of us. Their is a lost and dying Generation of 80 Million people that have disabilities, and their is less than 1 Percent (don’t quote me on that) that go to church. Lets pray for a determination, and desire, and a holy spirits fire, to build up within us to reach those with disabilities that do not know Christ. For God So Loved The WORLD that He Gave His Only Begotten Son, for whosoever believes in him Shall Not Perish But Have Everlasting Life. John 3:16