Give thanks and serve!

Greetings ACF!

On this Memorial Day weekend, please don’t forget to pause and give thanks for our fallen heroes who served selflessly, sacrificed everything and paid the ultimate price to protect our nation and insure our freedoms. 

Also, in light of the upcoming Serve Our City weekend on May 30/31, I thought I would share with you one of my Wakeup Calls as a reminder of Jesus’ view on serving others. I hope that every one of you will take advantage of the opportunity to skip church (we will not have services that weekend) and get out in your community to help those in need. Where is God calling you to serve?  If you haven’t signed up or if you simply have questions about where you might be able to use your gifts and talents, contact Chelsea@acfellowship.org to find out more…there are still many serving opportunities in every one of our ACF communities!

Go and Do the Same

 And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do the same.” Luke 10:37

Jesus made this statement at the end of his famous parable of the Good Samaritan. The unlikely hero of Jesus’ story was not the religious leader who had the same ethnicity as the wounded man, but rather the ordinary guy who, at least by cultural standards, should have viewed the wounded man as his enemy.

The hero was not the guy who was in a hurry to get to worship, but rather the man who stopped to help a complete stranger who was in need.

Jesus’ point: Your religion isn’t worth anything if it does not result in showing love and kindness to those that culture gives you permission to pass over.

Christianity offers no such pass. Disciples of Jesus are called to love and serve the very same people that Jesus did…and the last time I checked that includes everyone.

Today, you are going to have the opportunity to be a neighbor to someone—the homeless guy on the corner, the single mom next door, the shut-in around the corner, the lonely and obnoxious girl at your office, the kid on your child’s soccer team who doesn’t have a dad.

Jesus says that our faith is not good if it doesn’t lead us to love, pray for and help these people.

It’s what we get to do. It’s what Jesus did. Go and do the same.

 

Summer Series Beginning June 6/7 – Can You See What God Is Doing? Take a break from the lake…you won’t want to miss a single weekend this summer. I have invited ACF staff, other Austin pastors and area ministry leaders to join us and boast on what God is doing in ACF, in Austin and around the world. Each week, you will hear a unique and amazing story of God’s incredible work that is sure to inspire and encourage. This is a great opportunity to invite others to hear real-life accounts of what God can do.

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