Reach out & touch the world! Yes! Each one of us!

Yes, moms, dads, teachers, students, business people, scientists, artists, musicians, athletes, get the idea?  Let us ask, "how can we touch someone today for the good of their soul and the glory of God?" Let us ask for Divine appointments today, right where we are, and be mindful of where the rest of the global church is doing ministry.  Let us MULTIPLY!



Waiting to board my flight home.  In one blessed week!   3 of us, Kristen, Josh and Steve were in Honduras serving with Sparrow Missions. There they serve homeless, orphans, poor, addicts, and the sick by  sharing Jesus, and also teaching how to sustain life...physical and Spiritual empowerment.

I was at my sister Anne's house in Texas this past week.  Anne Todd & family serve with YWAM. YOUTH WITH A MISSION.  They daily reach the nations. My niece Adie is in a school preparing for an urban outreach to Chicago, Hannah will soon go to a YWAM discipleship school in Orlando, and then to another country for an outreach. Micah did soccer camp with a passion to show that Jesus is an important part of sports!  Isaac represents the nations, and what happens when we see God's heart for those who need moms and dads. He passionately loves people.

I could reach out and touch, or in my mind see connections with the world everywhere I looked, touched, listened.  We all can do that.  Do we capture it?  The vision of who we are connected to? We are connected to God, others, to His Kingdom advancing!  Linking arms, if even in our minds, our prayers, our efforts, we can see the Body of Christ at work ALL OVER THE GLOBE!

Now I'm surrounded by the world at the Dallas International airport.  When my gaze shifts slightly horizontal, it can be a bit rough on my nerves, but when my gaze is fixed on Jesus, it is exhilarating! What are we about? We are about sharing Jesus with the world.

This is not about me!  It's about asking God to let me see!  We sang one of my favorites last night, " break my heart for what breaks yours...show me how to love like You love me."

I am called, so are you, reach up, reach out.  Count the blessing of carrying the gift to others, Jesus to others. Eyes off us, eyes on Him, others. 

"BLOOM.WHERE.YOU'RE.PLANTED."

Thank You Jesus for loving on me this week! For refreshing my soul. For giving me a "time out" to see, hear and be filled by You.  My sister's family were the hands and feet of Jesus to me this week.

Also, I  just now talked with a mom boarding my flight who is flying to her daughter who has stage 4 colon cancer. Please pray for her daughter, Amanda. You never know what the person beside you is going through. May we have the courage to ask, listen, and love like Jesus.

This is not a brag blog about who did what or is doing what.  It is a blog post about what God is doing all over the globe, and how near to it we are.  Are we near? Or in? Let's go all in!  Acts 17 says, "in Him we live and move and have our being."
Multiply by Needtobreathe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GokKjQGMqM

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