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    OUR DAILY BREAD                       Sunday, December 5, 1993
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    Read:  Acts 4:32-37

                          WHO WILL DO THE WORK?

            Those who believed were of one heart and one soul.
                              --Acts 4:32

    The following letter, which speaks for itself, was circulated  in
    a large congregation.
     
    Dear Friend:

          Our church membership...................1400
          Nonresident members.......................75
          Balance left to do the work.............1325

          Elderly who've done their share...........25
          Balance left to do the work.............1300

          Sick and shut-ins.........................25
          Balance left to do the work.............1275

          Members who do not give..................350
          Christmas and Easters members............300
          Balance to do the work.................
        
          Members who are overworked.........300
          Balance left to do the work..............325

          Members with alibis......................200
          Balance left to do the work..............125

          Members too busy with other things.......123
          Balance left to do the work................2

    Just  you  and me, friend, and you had better get  busy,  because
    it's too much for me!

    The  historian Luke said the members of the first-century  church
    were of one mind, they cared for each other, and God was  working
    among  them.  He will work in our church too if we will  let  His
    Spirit work through us.

    Author:  Haddon W. Robinson

            The church is made up of just two kinds of folk;
                   No matter how you and I view it --
            The ones who just talk about what should be done,
               And those who get busy and do it.  -- Anon

    THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:


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