Source: Christian Churches Network of London (CCNL)

The Salvation Army & Family Services Centre in London is in desperate need of food supplies for hundreds of families and individuals who rely on their help every month.

The current economic struggles have forced many people to turn to the Salvation Army for help for the first time ever. Since January 2009, over 4200 families have applied for assistance at our food bank representing a 50% increase over the same time period last year. This unprecedented increase in demand has left the shelves almost empty!

YOU can help by donating food non-perishable items such as pasta, juice, canned vegetables, canned fruit, baby formula and diapers, canned fish, canned stews and peanut butter. What can you do? Have a food drive in your church or servant ministry. Organize a mini food drive in your place of business. Include an annoucement in your weekly bulletin.

Contact CCNL at 519-455-7381 or email info@ccnl.org if you can help. Food can be delivered to the Centre of Hope OR contact Major Pat Phinney and she will arrange to pick up the food at your location. Help us support those who need it most.

*TCC Note: Gospel outreach is the term we use for reaching out to the community while sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ…and this annoucement qualifies! Though TCC has been specifically called to equip the saints for the work of evangelism, serving the needs of people in not only Christ-like, but it also opens up the door to share the Gospel. Let’s all prayerfully consider how the Lord would have us support these people in need.

Chapter 66 of the book of Isaiah begins with “thus says the LORD:  Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?  All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD.  But this is the one to whom I will look:  he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

The living God is awesome.  He is high and exalted, declaring to use the earth as a footstool.  He speaks; He is real.  Heaven and earth was made by His hand.  Do you know Him?  Does He look upon you?  Have you read His word?  Does it make you tremble?

Verse two ends with a prescription of to whom God will look upon.  Only those willing to submit with a broken heart, tembling  at His word.  Earlier in the book  (chap 61) we read “For I the LORD love justice”.  The scriptures are clear the all of humanity has sinned against GOD and death will be a punishment for those iniquities.  Have you broken the commandments even once.  Have you lied, stolen anything, looked at a person who is not your spouse with sexual desire – Jesus said that you have committed adultery in your heart.  If you have just done those things one time you are a lying, thieving, aduterer.  You will be guilty on judgement day and God, who is just, will condemn you to eternity in Hell.

This is not what God wants or desires, but He must uphold His perfect, holy law.  This brings me to the greatest loving plan ever designed.  Jesus Christ – God with us – perfect man, perfect God – went to a horrible death on a cross to take the punishment you deserve for your sins.  He was beaten, spat upon, tortured, whipped and nailed to a cross for YOU.  He died in your place.  After three days He rose from the dead and is alive and is very willing to have you as a part of His family.  You must humble yourself  with a contrite, broken spirit and repent and confess your sins to Him and He is faithful to forgive you of every wrong, sinful thing you have ever done.  He will give you a new heart with new desires and His perfect Holy Spirit to help you live your days here on earth.  If that wasn’t enough, when you die and face Him on the day of judgement, God will see you as His child, remembering the payment His son Jesus made on your behalf.

Please read His word and tremble.  Call out to God in humility and He will answer.  Isaiah ends with a tremendous warning to all who do not believe.  I plead with you – repent - trust the Lord Jesus Christ and spend all eternity with your creator.

Jeff