Mr.Thomas Truman began with an
update on the Leeds City Mission work:
It’s hard to gain
financial support for evangelical causes.
Persecution is happening
now in the UK - people are losing their jobs for repeating Bible truths.
Are we going to hold
fast and be the salt, and to keep the light shining?
Time is short - Jesus is
coming - are we doing our part and doing the work He has asked us to do?
Thomas finds
"people don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care".
2nd Corinthians ch.13 vs.
5 "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own
selves".
Step out and take a
risk.
Had contact with around
40 homeless - "Tent City" people, over a 6 week period. He helped
with food and clothing, whilst sharing the Gospel and playing songs on his
guitar.
There is a need to show
practical love before sharing the Gospel.
The work in Armley
Prison is having some success. However, security and budget cutbacks make it
increasingly difficult.
Street evangelism
continues, but team members are few at the moment - please pray for an increase
in numbers.
Work in the Care Homes -
4 people were saved in one Home and the team was then not allowed to go back in
again! They were also told to leave another Home, but work continues in a third
Home.
Their shop in Armley is
a good outreach and still welcoming donations to sell.
They are sharing the
scriptures with 2 women who serve in the shop - please pray for them
too.
This concluded his
update and Thomas continued with a short message, reading Psalm 67:
Chapter covers history
of salvation.
The blessing was
promised since the Garden of Eden. The blessings are past and future.
The promises are
fulfilled in Christ, and we are now exhorted to take this message to every
corner of the Earth.
Worship is ascribing
worth to God - do it now voluntarily and not forced later. "Every knee
shall bow...every tongue confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord".
Are we using our gifts
to reach others?
Britain has a great
spiritual heritage, having had more revivals over the past 400 years than any
other country. Keep working until the mission field is no longer needed.
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