We have got to get geared up to do far more than we ever have. Offering a cup of cold water in Jesus' name will not be enough. We're going to need countless tanker-truckloads of it.
Where do you go from here?
And while I'm immensely thankful for the tons of Gospel seeds our convention's disaster relief ministries will plant; at the same time we must grasp this reality right now: Many of our sister churches are devastated and destroyed and they're in no shape to even begin to cultivate this field.
Despite this horrific tragedy and temporary setback, Southern Baptists in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana have the most wonderful opportunity they've ever had to catapult the Gospel of Jesus Christ and God's Kingdom work ahead 50 years, ... if we will but seize the day.
It's one thing to send construction teams -- and that's great -- but it's quite another to ask these crippled churches, 'Can we come back next year and help with Vacation Bible School?'
It looks like a bombed-out building from World War II.
This is a golden opportunity for us to show our Baptist distinctives of believing the Bible and lifting up the Lord Jesus in ministry and reaching people for Jesus Christ.
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