We need to have an intentional focus on the poor and lame

Event: Peter Heals a Lame Beggar

S - Scripture
Acts 3 v.2 And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful to ask alms of those who entered the temple.

O - Observation
The poor and disabled. They are the facts of life. Jesus knew it. He said in Matthew 26 v. 11, "For you will always have the poor with you." It's interesting that this man's friends brought  him to the temple to beg. How appropriate. How often are we crippled by sin, devastated by its effects? How do we react? We approach the throne of grace with confidence. We need to go to Jesus. So as a church body, how do we react when the poor and lame "camp out" at our door steps? We need to remember 1 Samuel 2 v. 7, "The Lord makes poor and make rich; he brings low he also exalts." If the Lord establishes every one's position, and he is a God of relationship, then we must be intertwined. 

A - Application
How am I intertwined with those that are poor or lame? Am I intentional or casual with them?

P - Prayer
Jesus, Give me and my church intentional focus for the poor and lame.   Love Will

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