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          OUR DAILY BREAD                       Thursday, January 6, 1994
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          READ:  Matthew 25:31-40

                            WITNESSING FROM A WHEELCHAIR

                      The son of Man did not come to be served,
                                    but to serve.
                                   --Matthew 20:28

          A woman named Nancy put this ad in her local newspaper:  "If  you
          are lonely or have a problem, call me.  I am in a wheelchair  and
          seldom get out.  We can share our problems with each other.  Just
          call.  I'd  love  to talk."  The response to  that  ad  has  been
          tremendous -- 30 calls or more every week.

          What  motivated  this woman to reach out from her  wheelchair  to
          help  others in need?  Nancy explained that before her  paralysis
          she had been perfectly healthy but in deep despair.  She tried to
          commit suicide by jumping from her apartment window, but  instead
          she  became  paralyzed  from the waist  down.  In  the  hospital,
          utterly  frustrated,  she  sensed Jesus saying  to  her,  "Nancy,
          you've  had a healthy body but a crippled soul.  From now on  you
          will  have a crippled body but a healthy soul."  As a  result  of
          that  experience, she surrendered her life to  Christ.  When  she
          was  finally  allowed to go home, she prayed for a way  to  share
          God's  grace  with  others,  and the idea  of  the  newspaper  ad
          occurred to her.

          Every believer can do something to help needy people.  Limited as
          we may be by sickness, old age, or disability, we can still pray,
          call,  or  write.  No  matter what our condition, we  can  be  an
          effective witness for Jesus Christ.

          Author:  Vernon C. Grounds

                           Lord, let me be a shining light
                               So others then may view
                         Your mercy and Your love displayed
                                In all I say and do.
                                       --Sper

          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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          Only  after you talk to God about needy people are you  ready  to
          talk to needy people about God.

          THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Genesis 16-19

          
          





































































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