Some may not realize the town of Bridge City was hit extremely hard by hurricane Ike.
My neighbor told me this week he went to help a friend of his that lives in Bridge City and had 4 or 5" of sludge in his house from the flooding. He killed 81 water mocassions and had 5 alligators in his home.
Our church saturday fed over a 1,000 people a hot meal that they have not had in weeks. Folks were crying and so thankful.
They said these people have lost everything. ALL their belongings are piled up in front of the street, nothing left.
We are going to feed them again and this time we are also going to have a "free" garage sale, minus the "sale".
I hope this comes together as well as we hope for the needs of these many people.
I am sooooooo thankful God spared me from this kind of disaster.
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What a great witness. That community will certainly know you all by your love. I believe that that is exactly how God intended it to be.
I agree Bro. Tstew.
Didn't He say if you have two coats and your brother has none to give him one of yours?
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Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
Didn't He say if you have two coats and your brother has none to give him one of yours?
Yes, Sometimes we do need to be reminded of this. We often try to get known and noticed for so many other things that we forget that it is our love for others that is supposed to be one of our principle distinguishing marks.
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There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Chuck Norris lives in Houston.
Either the United States will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States. – W.E.B. DuBois
This is definitely a ministry of the church. I have a friend that lives in Orange- Their house was spared, but she has shared with me the plight of the people of Bridge City. The Church in Alexandria( POA ) has sent 2 18 wheelers to the area churches filled with supplies. The Bridge City church not only helped their Church members but opened it up to the community handed out supplies. This area is in real need and it is not being covered by the media.
Praise the Lord, Esther. What a great way to show God's love.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
This is definitely a ministry of the church. I have a friend that lives in Orange- Their house was spared, but she has shared with me the plight of the people of Bridge City. The Church in Alexandria( POA ) has sent 2 18 wheelers to the area churches filled with supplies. The Bridge City church not only helped their Church members but opened it up to the community handed out supplies. This area is in real need and it is not being covered by the media.
Isn't that amazing?
We heard about New Orleans for months!
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No the media won't cover this nor will they cover the good that Christians do for the needy,the ones helping are demonstrating their faith in Christ by their deeds.
Faith without works is a dead faith.
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People who are always looking for fault,can find it easily all they have to do,is look into their mirror.
There they can find plenty of fault.
It's crazy, but that's just the way the news is. If something happens to a big town or a town that everybody is familiar with, it becomes sensational news (kind of like when something happens with people who are already household names). In all fairness though, I think Bridge City has less than 10,000 people. Those stories tend to get lost. Even during Katrina there were a bunch of smaller cities in Missississippi that were making the same complaint. I guess that whenever people see destruction on such a grand scale it captures their attention.
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There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Chuck Norris lives in Houston.
Either the United States will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States. – W.E.B. DuBois
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