Highways and Hedges

Jesus tells us in a parable in Luke 14 to, "Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled."

In obedience to His command to go everywhere and share the Gospel with people and compel them to come to Christ, Love In Action is focusing even more on outreaches to find those who need to hear the salvation message of the Gospel. There are so many hurting people who need to know they are not forgotten, and that God loves them.

Love In Action and our team of volunteers go to homeless camps throughout Dothan, low rent motels, parking lots, truck stops, anywhere we can find people who society has shunned. We know that in Isaiah 55:11, when we share God's Word with others, great things will happen. "So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it."

We are seeing God's Word succeeding as 32 people have made decisions for Jesus so far in 2020. We have baptized seven, and more are scheduled to be baptized this Wednesday.

We are so thankful and excited about what God is doing. Now, we need more space for discipleship classes. We have gutted suite 1 at our Love In Action campus with the goal of remodeling it for classrooms for discipleship purposes. If there are any contractors or church groups who would like to look at suite 1 and help us remodel it please let us know. This is an important need as more people are asking for our T4T discipleship teaching. We currently have a class underway, but need to start more.

If you can help, please contact me at ken.tuck@loveinactionministries.com or call the LIA office at 334-494-4995.
Thank you and God bless you.

Random Acts of Kindness Outreach

Martha, Paula and Eileen praying with a homeless woman on our bus.

We started a new outreach in early February called, "Random Acts of Kindness Outreach." The goal is to find people who are in need and help them. That need may be spiritually - salvation, encouragement, prayer. Or, it may be food for someone who is hungry or blankets, gloves and scarves for those who are cold. This week one of our volunteers, Paula, even made hot chocolate to help warm people up.

Our team loads the bus up with Bibles, tracts, blankets, bags of food, bottled water, and whatever else people may need depending on the weather, such as ponchos. Then at night we head out and go where we feel God is leading us. That has been inside and outside of the Ross Clark Circle.

We have seen God touch lives through this outreach. We've provided some warm transportation for a homeless woman to a safe place where she needed to wait for an out of town family member. A work release inmate walking back from work on a cold night was very thankful for a ride in the warm and dry bus.

God has led us to people living in cars in various parking lots. They were all surprised that someone would offer them prayer, food, blankets and other needs. We've also provided information for services that are offered for various needs we can't meet. 

We almost had church at the Fly J truck stop as we prayed with a worker and a customer. A woman standing outside of a local hospital was very appreciative of a group of people praying with her about her situation and her loved one who was in the hospital.

It's been a fun outreach. Just the fellowship we have with each other makes it great, but to see God touching lives, giving hope to people who aren't expecting someone to show up to help them, is amazing.

The truth is, we can all take time to help someone. It's not about an outreach, it's about a lifestyle of living for Jesus. One of my prayers about this outreach is it will encourage people to do this on their own. God gives us opportunities every day to make a difference in people's lives and bring glory to God. Jesus showed us how to do acts of kindness. Let's follow His lead.

Praying for needs of people at the Flying J.