Helping the Homeless

We will be going back to the homeless camps again on Feb. 9^th

When we went in December we took bibles, blankets, tents, hygiene supplies, and food. We could not have done this without your help. There are many camps in our local area. There are some women in the camps but mostly men so, the items we need this time are for men. We are asking for coats, gloves and toboggans. Nothing has to be new just in good condition.  We will also take bibles and bible tracks.  Our goal is to minister to their needs as a way of bringing them to salvation. If you would like to help with ministering to the homeless please let me know. I will be glad to meet with you and pick up the items. You may contact me by email veronna@bellsouth.net or give me a call. Thank you for your help.

Sharing without them knowing

One of the easiest ways to share Christ is to give something without the person ever knowing where it came from. Do you know some one who is sick, discouraged, having a bad day or maybe you just want to do something for them?  Make or get a Christmas ornament that is really pretty or different put it in a pretty box or bag along with something sweet to eat (sugar-free candy works) Tell them that they Jesus loves them and the ornament is to remind them through the Christmas season that not only does Jesus love them but their friends and family love them. They are special and one of a kind.  Tell them that the candy is to remind that Jesus is sweeter than anything and he loves them more than we can imagine.God is with us through everything we just have to remember to go to him for our every need and he will get us through it.


Philippians 4:13 NIV
I can do all this through him who gives me strength

Shared Christ in Birmingham

Colossians 3:17 NIV
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Dear Friends,
I am so please to tell you that a group of 18 made up of Westmeade Baptist Church members and others, passed out 95 bibles on the streets of Birmingham Alabama yesterday.
We woke up to a wonderful day not like what you would think December in the south would be like. The sun was shining and it was a high of around 74 degrees. We meet at the church at 10:15am prayed over the bibles, tracks and candy canes/bible verses. We divided up into 6 teams each with an adult and two students.

Once we got to Birmingham, we hit the streets of Homewood ready to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. There were a lot of people on the streets and it was great. Some of our groups were able to give out many bibles and pray for a lot of different things with the people on the streets. We stayed there for about an hour and then we moved down to Five Points in Birmingham. We took a small break and had lunch at Chick fil A (Great as always) we then refilled our back packs and hit the streets once more.
The first people we came into contact with were some homeless. One man in the group preached to us and he did a pretty good job.  Usually there are tons of people on the streets in this area but the SEC game was playing so there was hardly anyone on the streets. The groups that did not get to give out many bibles at the first stop were able to give out a lot at this stop. We prayed with so many and just talked with people about Jesus. We loaded up after being on the streets a while and headed back to Decatur. I know that lives were changed yesterday weather people received a bible or they were the ones giving out the bibles. You can not do the work of the Lord and it not changes you. Our students and adults got to talk and pray with people that live on the streets everyday. That alone will change the way you view the world around you.

 Everyone needs Jesus no matter how much money they have or don't have. In the end when it is all said and done we will either spend eternity with Christ or separated from him for ever. I want to help get as many people to heaven as I can. I do not want to give the Devil the satisfaction having people in hell with him. God created us to be in his image not to end up in hell with Satan. God made us to worship him and nothing else.

It was such a blessing to get to go out and share Christ with others.
There are many ways to share Christ. I know that right here at Christmas it seems like everyone wants you to give to help someone or something. I want to challenge to give a smile, a hug, a compliment or a prayer away. It does not cost anything and it can be given at anytime.  We will never know this side of heaven what a difference some little something can make in the life of someone else.
When it comes to giving you can NEVER out give God!

If you need more info on mission project or ways that you can help someone send me an email at veronna@bellsouth.net
 Have a Blessed Day!

 

Share Today

Luke 3:11

John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”

Good Morning Friends,

I hope that today finds you feeling well. I got up this morning to one beautiful morning. God sent us some cool air and awesome sunshine. He is so good to us!

I wanted to encourage you to get up today and go tell someone that Jesus loves them. I am a believer that we should not try to keep God all to our self we need share him with everyone.

Quick tip on how to share today: Start with your family and show the love of Jesus to them.

Call a friend: tell them how much they mean to you and how God blessed you by making them you friend.

Help a stranger today: maybe help them put their groceries in their car or stop someone and tell them what God has done for you today.

Give something to someone in Jesus name

It is easy to share Christ, you just have to set your mind that you will, pray that the Lord with give you the opportunity and the courage to do it.

Leave His mark today

Being Different

Thank you to the members of New Song for letting me come and share my heart with you. It was a great time of singing, fellowship, and praising the Lord!
I love missions! I only wish that I would have fallen in Love with the Lord’s work sooner. So many of us set on the church pews each and every Sunday or Wednesday but never do anything outside of the church for non church members. Don't get me wrong I love my church and all that are there but we as Christians have to stand up and tell others about Christ and what he did for us. We should take care of each other as Christians but we can't cut our selves from the rest of the world and wonder why they act like they do. We have to be about the Lord’s work and loving on people. Our God is the only one true God!! We should be letting that be known in our day to day lives. When we have to wait in a long line and we are tried we should not be acting like everyone else in that line. Our Jesus light should be shining through! (This is hard to do sometimes but it is so worth it). Just think you could make such an impression on someone that they will ask you why you are so different and you might get to tell them about Jesus. You never know what someone will do when you tell someone what Jesus did for them. They just might accept Jesus and that would be one more in heaven because you let Jesus use you in a small way.
*Something to think about:
What holds us back from doing God’s work?
What will they think of us? Who cares along as they think of him!
They will think we are weird. Who cares as long as they think of him!  
We will not fit in. Great we are not of this world we should not fit in.
We are called to be different! Praise the Lord I am not perfect but I am trying to be different for His Glory!


John 15: 18-19

If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

Telling others

Tonight, I am speaking in a church in Falkville. I pray that the Lord will give me l the right things to say and that I will honor him in it all.
I feel the need to tell others how they should be sharing Christ. I feel as though we are on foreign soil in our own country, the country that was established for freedom. People came here to worship the one true God yet, I look all around me and It is seems to be back in the days of  Lot. Evil is on every corner and we must as Christ Followers tell others about him and how he can change not just the here and now but the forever. We are will either go to Heaven or Hell when we die and I want as many as possible to go to heaven. We have to be the ones to say I will go and tell. If not us then who? There is no other we are the sons and daughters and we have to let everyone know who our Father is and what he did not just for us but for all that will accept him.
So please pray that we will have strength to stand up of what we say we believe in and take back our families, our cities, our schools everything else for JESUS!

The week before Jesus went to the cross. What was it like? I think that people were going about their everyday life I was thinking about this and how we just don’t get the urgency to tell other about Jesus.

Just like the disciples we get up each morning and go about our busy days. We are so consumed with what is going on in the world and in our lives that we seem to forget how that Jesus could come back at anytime. He could come back before I finish my next thought……….

The disciples were in the garden asleep while Jesus was praying. Jesus knew that the time was at hand and even thought he had been telling the disciples this they just did not get it.

I think as Christians we are a sleep a lot  of times. We don’t seem to take to the warning that all the signs are here. Jesus could really return at anytime. Yet, at times I catch my self acting as though I have the promise of tomorrow when I don’t and neither do you.

We need to show urgency in telling others about Jesus and what he has done for us.

My prayer is that God will put people in my path to tell them about him. I also pray that the Holy Spirit will guide me and that I would not be a stumbling block for anyone. I don’t want the world to see me I want them to see Jesus.

As this week starts I am thinking about what it must have been like in the days of Jesus

Here is a link to a movie you can watch. There is also a children’s version you can see as well.  

http://www.jesusfilm.org/film-and-media/watch-the-film

Jesus really did pay it all! You can read in Luke 22 about what he went through for you and me. He did this so that we can have eternity with him. He did the hard part all we have to do is: A admit B believe and C confess

My prayer is that you have a blessed week and that God puts someone in your path as well as mine to share the Gospel of Jesus with them.