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by Bob and Debby Gass

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“…HE PASSED BY ON THE OTHER SIDE.”

LUKE 10:31 KJV
Kevin Donaldson, President of Mission of Mercy, shares the following statistics. 450 million children worldwide live in abject poverty, existing on less than a dollar a day. 5.7 million of them work under horrific circumstances, including slavery. Girls, 12 or 13, sometimes younger, are forced to provide sexual services to 15 or more men a day. In brothels, these children are told they must pay rent to the owner – and it’s always more than the child makes from customers. Living conditions are horrible; violence is commonplace. There’s little or no medical care, and pregnancy automatically means forced abortion. Almost 11 million children each year (30,000 every day) die before their fifth birthday, most from preventable diseases. More than 3 million children under 15 are living with HIV/AIDS. About 13.4 million children have lost one or both parents to AIDS. ‘Are you trying to make me feel guilty?’ No! But blessing brings responsibility! In the parable of the Good Samaritan Jesus didn’t condemn the priest and the Levite for being blessed or busy. No, it was because they ‘passed by on the other side,’ to avoid a wounded man who needed their help. Understand this: when you have all you need, God expects you to show gratitude! When you have more than you need, He expects you to show compassion! ‘…freely ye have received, freely give’ (Matthew 10:8 KJV). Come on; open your eyes, your heart and your wallet. Don’t stand before God one day trying in vain to explain why you left so much of what He gave you, uninvested in the thing He cares about most – a hurting world.

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