Make Disciples and Help Change the World #teamJesus

In the past five years, millions of children around the world have learned what it means to faithfully follow Jesus Christ through The Greatest Journey. This exciting 12-lesson Bible study offered to boys and girls who receive shoebox gifts also teaches them how to share their faith with others. As a result, lives are being changed for eternity and new churches are springing up in communities across the globe.

We praise the Lord for making The Greatest Journey one of the largest discipleship programs in the world today, but there are many more boys and girls we still urgently need to reach with the truth of God’s Word. That’s why we're inviting you to join our special 12-day campaign, “Disciple A Dozen.” Our prayer is that through this effort, we can raise enough support to impact another 240,000 boys and girls for Christ.

You can be a part of discipling children like Veronica, a young girl who seemed destined for a life of despair on the streets of Guadalajaro, Mexico. After receiving an Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift, she accepted Christ as Savior and learned more about her new faith through The Greatest Journey.

Will you help us make disciples of all nations? Sign up for a monthly gift of $6, and each year you will give 12 children the opportunity to learn what it means to devote their lives to sharing the Good News of eternal grace through Jesus Christ.

DISCIPLE A DOZEN

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations..." (Matthew 28:19a, NKJV).

"I DARE you!" #teamJesus #Ragamuffin

Are you up for a dare?  

Recently, at First Christian Church, the Ragamuffin Movie appeared on the screen.  

Those that watched the movie saw the value of having a loving father and the impact an earthly father had on a child's life.  

To lay a little framework, Rich Mullins is now dead.  As part of his journey in search of God, he found a Ragamuffin named Brennan Manning, the author of the Ragamuffin Gospel, who had a message specifically for the beaten up, bedraggled, and burned out.

A Ragamuffin would consider "The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle" to be true.

Now, your dare, quoting from the movie, God would say "I dare you to trust that I love you".  That is your dare.  In the face of nominal Christianity ... what I call American Churchianity ... , God stands there daring YOU to believe that He loves you.  Forget Religiousity; embrace the Relationship He offers.

Are you up for a dare?

Here's a cute Dog Story! #teamJesus

An old, tired-looking dog wandered into the yard.  I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home.

He followed me into the house, down the hall, and fell asleep in a corner.

Old Tired Dog

An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out.

The next day he was back, resumed his position  in the hall, and slept for an hour.  This continued for several weeks.

Curious, I pinned a note to his collar: “Every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.”

The next day he arrived with a different note pinned to his collar: “He lives in a home with ten children — he’s trying to catch up on his sleep. Can I come with him tomorrow?”

–Author of this story is unknown