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Question of the Day
Here’s a question a Christian should ask: How can I volunteer or give charity to those in need according to the standards of Jesus? Think of these details of this important question.
1. Where is some hungry person that I can help them get food?
2. Where is someone thirsty that I can offer them water or something to drink in the name of Christ?
3. Where is a stranger that I can show kindness to by helping them get shelter?
4. Where are those that need clothing to keep them warm that I can help provide them with such things?
5. Where are the sick that need encouragement today that I could go spend some time with them?
6. Where are those in prison that I can go see them so they would know that they and their families are not forgotten?
Matthew 25~ Taken from BibleGateway.com.
Why Christians Should Volunteer
Taken from BibleGateway.com
Here’s a Bible passage, the words of Jesus, from Matthew 25, which gives Christians good reason to seek out people in need.
31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
More Reasons Christians Should Volunteer
Bible passage taken from Bible Gateway
27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this,
To visit the fatherless
and widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
As I searched for this verse, I looked for it in context of what was said in James 1. I couldn’t keep from getting exciting about the rest of the verses. It tells others good things to do that go along with verse 27.
Volunteering In The Tulsa Area
There is a website that is called VolunteerCentralofGreaterTulsa.org where you can learn of volunteer opportunities.
Cherry Mash Bars
This recipe is popular this year. This is also my favorite candy bar but it is too sweet to eat all of the time. The good news is there are a bunch of recipes all over the internet and if you can find a good one, it can be altered to your taste.
Here’s a recipe from Cooks.com
CHERRY MASH BARS
1 c. sugar
2 tbsp. butter
1/4 tsp. salt
1/3 c. evaporated milk
1 c. mini marshmallows
1 c. cherry chips
1 c. chocolate chips
1/2 c. peanut butter
1 c. peanuts
Combine sugar, butter, salt and milk in 1 1/2 quart saucepan. Boil over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in marshmallow and cherry chips. Spread in 9 inch square pan lined with wax paper.
Melt chocolate chips with peanut butter in small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Stir in peanuts. Spread over cherry layer. When cool, cut into squares.
Linda's Thoughts 