Today we have been working to follow up on connections, send emails, finalize details and on and on it goes. I got to thinking about Hope and Healing- night of worship. I went to the story in Matt 14:13-21. It is a story I know very well. Jesus feeds the 5,000 (BTW that was men only not including the women and children). I haven’t taken a lot of time in the past to really study this passage but there are a few key things happening here. First Jesus is not the no who performs the miracle. It was the disciples. Jesus tells them that they are the ones to give the people something to eat. The other thing I notice is the doubt that you hear in the voices of the disciples when they protest telling Jesus that they only have 5 loaves and 2 fishes.
I relate this story in the Bible very easily to what God has called us to do. I think I realized just how big this night is when I was heading for a meeting with the guy heading up the food for Hope and Healing- night of Worship. I was praying and asking God to give me the number of people that will be at Landreth Park on July 11th in Joplin, MO. God Said 10,000 people. I prayed 3 times thinking that maybe I just heard wrong. Each time God said 10,000 people. Essentially God is saying here is what I want you to do. Hold an event in Joplin, MO, get them all together, feed them and I will heal them. Now that is a God sized vision.
The details are coming together. We still need continuous prayer. We are in need of funding. We believe God is orchestrating every detail of this event and we are excited to be a part of it. We need your help.
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