Accountable For How We Live

"I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did 
for me." (Matt 25:40)

On the week before Jesus was to be brutally killed, the disciples could feel the pace of events picking up
speed. They were concerned about how everything would end. (Matt 24:3) In Matthew 24 & 25 Jesus gives
them a glimpse of the culmination of human history. Since then, His followers have written down the details as they were revealed to them  about how it will all play out. Theologians have a whole area of study called eschatology to encompass their theories and guesses.

Growing up, I remember a fascinating curiosity about the impending end of all thing. The book "The Late Great Planet Earth" by Hal Lindsey sold millions of copies, and we evangelicals hunkered down in our paranoia and entirely missed the point Jesus was making.

His point was that God has an expectation of man. We don't get to live our lives just for our own pleasure. A day is coming when we will answer for how we lived, and there will be criteria applied in assessing the quality of our life. We will be separated into two groups, and He will look at one thing about our lives: How did we love those in need?  He feels what they feel. His heart breaks for the pain He sees down here. He wants ours to break as well so that we will act in His stead to alleviate that pain.

The question is, knowing this, how will we live our lives? There are so many distractions and so many ways to miss the point. And I guess that breaks His heart too.

God help me, God help us all as we answer that question.


In 2011 we want to increase the number of Bibles available for distribution, help more children, widows and lepers, and bring the life-changing gospel of Jesus Christ to more people. Please Give Now that this ministry might grow for the glory of God. 

In the days ahead we will be listing some possible staffing needs here at AIM, so please begin praying now how God might want to use YOU for His glory.

If you live in MD, VA or surrounding states, and would like an opportunity to hear firsthand about what God is doing in India, please Contact Us to schedule a visit with Russ Sharrock and our ministry partner from Tenali, India during the month of May 2011. There are several dates still available.

Prayer Points:
Please be in prayer for our president, Russ Sharrock, as he prepares for surgery on his legs
Pray that more people will respond to God's call to work for the harvest
Pray that many new souls will open their hearts to the gospel
Pray that donations will continue to come in for the completion of the new Children's Home

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