The Isaiah 58 Commission

[sidney]

This is my prayer:

Give Us Your Heart -William McDowell

Now that we're here
Here in your presence
Humbly we bow
Speak to us now
Now that we're here
Here in your presence
We're waiting to hear from you ( Repeat 2x )

We're open
We're open
We're open
Speak to us now
(Repeat)

Give us your heart
Your heart for the nations
for this generation
Give us your heart
Give us your heart
For the wounded and the broken
For the widow and the orphan
Give us your heart
Give us your heart
For the lost and the dying
We hear your people crying
Give us your heart
Give us your heart
For the world that we live in
For the harvest that is waiting
Give us your heart

(Leader ad-libs)

Lord we will go
We'll go to the nations
To this generation
Lord we will go
Lord we will go
To the wounded and the broken
To the widow and the orphan
Lord we will go
Lord we will go
To the lost and the dying
We hear your people crying
Lord we will go
Lord we will go
To the world that we live
Reap the harvest that is waiting
Lord we will go

Fill us up and send us out
(Repeat)

(Leader exhorts)

I wanna live a life poured out
(Repeat)

We can change the world
(Repeat)

 

[sidney]

By faith, we must believe that when God says when we do unto the least, we have done unto him. Christ is one body with his people. When the church is persecuted, Christ himself is persecuted (Acts 9:4). When the least of them lacks, Christ himself is lacks(Matthew 25:40)! By faith, we believe and act!. Our outward works always display what we truly believe. Do we believe what he says, by faith...let's act on what he says. The just shall live by faith! We have to believe what God commanded us to do.

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.

By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

Let's join the great bible heroes and lets our outward actions demonstrat our faith! By faith, we believe you Lord, that what is done to the least is done unto you. We will not harden our hearts or close our hands, By faith...we will give as unto you. Because you have declared it, we believe!

 

[sidney]

This ad keeping popping up in the CF, I might as well post it here. You can post a prayer for orphans that is posted on the site, and see the other prayers that have been posted by others. There is also an option to donate.

http://hopeforaidsorphans.com/

 

[Laela]

^^ Thank you! I love that I can also post a prayer.... good concept.

 

[loolalooh]

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A Prayer for the Hungry

O God, we pray now for the hungry— not the spiritually
hungry
not the emotionally hungry
not the psychologically hungry
(though they surely need our prayers)—
we pray now simply for the hungry hungry.
We know in the realm that Jesus showed us no one goes hungry,
no one lacks daily bread.
In Your Realm,
those with food remember the hungry,
those with food share their food with the hungry,
those with food work on behalf of the hungry,
those with food weep for the hungry,
even if it makes them feel guilty.
God, we are grateful you never forget about the hungry—
that you long for the hungry to be fed.
God, we are grateful you never forget about those who aren’t hungry—
that you long for them to feed the hungry.
God, the hungry and unhungry stand as one before you;
loved with the same love,
both in need of you and each other.
God of the Hungry, so many are hungry.
Rescue your hungry children,
fill their stomachs with food
and their hearts with gladness,
so that they, too, might experience the luxury of dealing
only with their spiritual hunger,
their emotional hunger,
their psychological hunger.
Send your Spirit to the hungry hungry,
and to the unhungry,
until all feast with Jesus in the new age.
In the name of Jesus and the hungry hungry we pray.
Amen.

 

[sidney]

Good morning ladies,

I awoke to a wonderful program that aired this morning sponsored by Foodforthepoor. This is the organization I felt led to support, I shared the link on the first page. I don't want to pressure anyone into giving to any one organization, but I am so excited that for $11 a month, you can now feed three children for an entire year! That is an opportunity to save three whole lives this year. Three children will go to bed filled evey day for year. What is $11, over an entire month? It may mean skipping the fast food driveway twice this month, skipping brunch or a dinner outing one weekend, putting that tank top back that you dont need. I know you ladies are faithful tithers and generous givers, but God has specifically told us to give to the poor, the widows, and the orphans. Lets obey him by Faith. The heart of Isaiah 58, is to loose something to give something. Do you drink Starbucks? Maybe you can make yours at home a few days a week. Maybe you can bag lunch once a month..

If you would like to donate $11 a month or a one year gift of $133, you can call 18667143663. This is a special program specifically for hungry children. If you would like to the general population or to donate your own amount, you can donate to the website. .96 cent of every dollar goes to the poor. You can donate as little as a dollar if that is all you have. Some of you have the gift of giving, for the others, allow God to stretch you in this area. Remember that most of what we buy won't last but what we give to the least we give to God and will be stored for an eternity. Give it a try and allow God to grow you in this area. God is really working with me in this area, I pray he does the same with you. I pray that God gives us his heart for the less fortunate.

 

[sidney]

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Thank you for your prayers for the poor, when we pray for others God hears our pleas all the more. God bless!

 

[sidney]

Proverbs 19:17
"He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done."

We pray for God's continual hand for the poor, may he continue to open hearts to give freely. May he impart to us his divine wisdom about giving. It's not just about the giving. It's the trust in the heart of the giver. A heart that trusts God knows that he will sustain even the little that you have when you give. I know someone that always drives people to church throughout the week, and this person does not get one red cent! from her riders [only complaints]....but guess what??? Her car never has problems...never! God knows how to sustain what you have when you trust him. Giving is an opportunity to help someone out in need, and respond to the cries of those that have nothing at all. We are so fortunate...indeed we are rich. So, don't miss out on opportunities to bless people. And know that when you do so, you are really blessing God! Do you believe that? By faith believe, what is done to the least is done unto him. So give, when you give you actually gain! Remember, everything is reverse in God's kingdom, not the world's way. We always have something to give,and we do so cheerfully.

 

[Laela]

One in Spirit... Prov 19 was my morning refresher today!!

Proverbs 19:17
"He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done."

We pray for God's continual hand for the poor, may he continue to open hearts to give freely. May he impart to us his divine wisdom about giving. It's not just about the giving. It's the trust in the heart of the giver. A heart that trusts God knows that he will sustain even the little that you have when you give. I know someone that always drives people to church throughout the week, and this person does not get one red cent! from her riders [only complaints]....but guess what??? Her car never has problems...never! God knows how to sustain what you have when you trust him. Giving is an opportunity to help someone out in need, and respond to the cries of those that have nothing at all. We are so fortunate...indeed we are rich. So, don't miss out on opportunities to bless people. And know that when you do so, you are really blessing God! Do you believe that? By faith believe, what is done to the least is done unto him. So give, when you give you actually gain! Remember, everything is reverse in God's kingdom, not the world's way. We always have something to give,and we do so cheerfully.

 

[sidney]

God is fed, clothed, and sheltered when we give to the least. Lord when did we see you hungry and feed you or thirsty and give you something to drink? Matthew 25. No one has to convince us to give, but did you know that those that give will be counted among the righteous at judgement? Its Matt 25:46. All we have belongs to God anyhow. If the poor cry out from starvation while we shop for things we dont even need, can this be righteous or is this injustice? Since all belongs to God he asks us to give. No money? Then lets pray for God to send missionaries? We can pray for others to give. We can raise money. Lets not miss this blessed opportunity to give. God blesses givers more. Loss equals gain tin the Kingdom! What you give now lasts an eternity.


For the price of brunch you can feed three starving children for an entire month. $11. I pay more than that for the internet on my cell phone.

Foodforthepoor sponsors this, 96 percent goes directly to these children. Lets change the world! Link below.

ETA: Link should be working now, thanks Laela!
https://secure3.convio.net/ffp/site/Donation2?df_id=17441&17441.donation=form1

 

[Laela]

^^ Sidney, thanks for the link...it's giving an error message though.

 

[sidney]

^^ Sidney, thanks for the link...it's giving an error message though.

Thank you, I fixed the link!

 

[Rainbow Dash]

God is fed, clothed, and sheltered when we give to the least. Lord when did we see you hungry and feed you or thirsty and give you something to drink? Matthew 25. No one has to convince us to give, but did you know that those that give will be counted among the righteous at judgement? Its Matt 25:46. All we have belongs to God anyhow. If the poor cry out from starvation while we shop for things we dont even need, can this be righteous or is this injustice? Since all belongs to God he asks us to give. No money? Then lets pray for God to send missionaries? We can pray for others to give. We can raise money. Lets not miss this blessed opportunity to give. God blesses givers more. Loss equals gain tin the Kingdom! What you give now lasts an eternity.


For the price of brunch you can feed three starving children for an entire month. $11. I pay more than that for the internet on my cell phone.

Foodforthepoor sponsors this, 96 percent goes directly to these children. Lets change the world! Link below.

ETA: Link should be working now, thanks Laela!
https://secure3.convio.net/ffp/site/Donation2?df_id=17441&17441.donation=form1

@sidney, This is it!! This is true ministry. I checked the link and my goodness that photo of the baby hit me. I will definitely be giving. Thank God almost all of the proceeds go to the children. And you know what, I am going to sit my kids down and go through this site so that they can see what it is to give to the least of them, to those who need it most.

Thanks for sharing

 

[sidney]

@sidney, This is it!! This is true ministry. I checked the link and my goodness that photo of the baby hit me. I will definitely be giving. Thank God almost all of the proceeds go to the children. And you know what, I am going to sit my kids down and go through this site so that they can see what it is to give to the least of them, to those who need it most.

Thanks for sharing

Amen! God bless you lady! Yes, that picture is a brave and startling reality of what is going on and what daily breaks God's heart. They seem like they are worlds away but they are our neighbors. God bless you lady, and kids just like him will have a better month because of you and your children. Many blessings to you and yours!!

 

[sidney]

Oh wow ladies, this is new! Foodforthepoor now has a champion program, you can basically fund raise money for the poor. An eleven year old girl Rachel Wheeler, built an entire village in Haiti from fundraising. Here are the links! They have a group page if you ladies will like to do something together as an LHCF group. We can change the world!

http://www.foodforthepoor.org/help/champions/

http://www.foodforthepoor.org/help/champions/become.html

 

[TraciChanel]

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[sidney]

Thank you so much TraciChanel!! Updates to come!!

 

[sidney]

That would be wonderful to do it as a group! Count me in

@blazingthru @Health&hair28 @Iwanthealthyhair67 @Laela @loolalooh @NaijaDivaa @nicola.kirwan @Sosa @TraciChanel

So TraciChanel has already expressed interest. Are any of you other ladies interested in creating a fundraising page to help the poor? Laela, I know you have a heart for Haiti, they now have a relief mission for Haiti as well. Basically, we can link the site to our respective websites and encourages people to donate...in doing so...we will be advocating for the poor. They will provide us with pictures for the page and I have contacted the the LHCF owner about using our logo on the page. I have seen other simple blogs and webpages where this has been successful and lots of funds have been raised...and I have faith that if we ask God to help us do his will he will help us. So who's in? If others want to just donate that's fine too...I just ask that you continue to donate privately. Thanks!

Please take a look of the champion page and think about any ideas you would like to be expression there...our mission, target population, etc. Thanks!

 

[sidney]

Re-posting to bump thread:

Hey Ladies,

You know that I have been touting Food For the Poor for a while now...they keep coming up with such great ideas on how to bless the poor...so I have to let you know about the great things they keep doing!!! Please click on this gift catalog, just clicking on it will bless you just to see the amazing things they have come up with! They serve a wide variety of Afro & Latin countries: ie. Jamaica, Haiti, Trinidad, Dominican republic, Nicaragua, El Salvador, etc.

Here's the link:https://secure3.convio.net/ffp/site/...&store_id=5622

Remember when we give to the least, we give to Lord! When is the last time you had the opportunity to catalog for Christ?! Amazing! Have fun! Gifts are as cheap as $5! $5=cooking stove! Have fun!

 

[sidney]

@blazingthru @Health&hair28 @Iwanthealthyhair67 @Laela @loolalooh @NaijaDivaa @nicola.kirwan @Sosa @TraciChanel

So TraciChanel has already expressed interest. Are any of you other ladies interested in creating a fundraising page to help the poor? Laela, I know you have a heart for Haiti, they now have a relief mission for Haiti as well. Basically, we can link the site to our respective websites and encourages people to donate...in doing so...we will be advocating for the poor. They will provide us with pictures for the page and I have contacted the the LHCF owner about using our logo on the page. I have seen other simple blogs and webpages where this has been successful and lots of funds have been raised...and I have faith that if we ask God to help us do his will he will help us. So who's in? If others want to just donate that's fine too...I just ask that you continue to donate privately. Thanks!

Please take a look of the champion page and think about any ideas you would like to be expression there...our mission, target population, etc. Thanks!

UPDATE:

For the past month I have felt led to support Haiti by starting a Champion Page! I believe this is a good time to start. It will likely be up in the next 3-4 days. Please let me know if you have some input or have some ideas on ways to help! See previous post above. Beverly has given us permission to use the LHCF logo for the page. Thanks!

 

[sidney]

Water ...water...living waters is the theme for today. It has the power to both heal and destroy.

I pray for revelation on what this means in my life and the lives of others I'm connected with.

I was thinking about this post today and after reading this post about cholera in the water supply in Haiti...
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/haiti/index.html
and the video below, I don't mean to read extra deep into @Laela's post but nonetheless I think we should give them water. Hopefully atleast 1 person here is game! Anyone game?

I keep having dreams about injustice concerning people on Islands! I hope someone else is moved is well. Everybody should have clean water to drink without fear of dying...especially if someone else caused the outbreak! >500,000 have been ill, 7,000 have passed away. This is just isn't right. Video below!

There is a water pump on the gift list, $205 per pump.

Matthew 10:42
"And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."

Even a measly cup of cold water...just water. But we don't give for a reward. I pray that God bless the people of Haiti with water.
Video here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/201...-of-cholera-haitis-most-urgent-health-problem

 

[Laela]

Sidney, thanks for the link and keeping these charities in the forefront; sometimes folks don't know where to start.

That was my former pastor's favorite scriptures in the islands.. he'd say "If you give a cuppa cold wotta in His name..."

We can't get "too deep" concerning the things of God...

Matthew 10:42
"And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."

 

[sidney]

Sidney, thanks for the link and keeping these charities in the forefront; sometimes folks don't know where to start.

That was my former pastor's favorite scriptures in the islands.. he'd say "If you give a cuppa cold wotta in His name..."

We can't get "too deep" concerning the things of God...

Amein! Yes, just a cup of wotta! I forgot to mention that the water pump services an entire village of people so we can give the lots of cups of wotta! You never know, God has a way of drawing people to do His work if we just put it out there! No sweat involved, just faith! God bless. Yes, thank you!

 

[Laela]

OK was confused about the link for the water pump..found it in your other thread on Food for the Poor..

 

[sidney]

OK was confused about the link for the water pump..found it in your other thread on Food for the Poor..

Yes, i'm loving this gift list...Is it just me, or does any one else want someone to donate 20 chickens for $25? I guess I'm just country lol! I don't feel bad, my friend is Caribbean and she said she had a pet goat growing up so...lol! By the way, the goat is $90

Here is the list again: School books for the year $20, fruit tree $10, the stove is $5. They have made it so easy to help people. They use this goods for themselves and also to sell. Also, this video touched me as well and gives you a feel for the need to market goods...even if its just mud pies to cure the hunger pangs. This is so sad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0RQQ2JIIuE

It's 2009 I think but this is still going on, i posted a 2012 video on the blog.

 

[Laela]

Country is all right, Sidney. Love the fruit tree concept... and that's not much for a stove. Thanks for posting the link..

 

[sidney]

Ladies this is my Micah 6:8. I pray that everyone else finds theirs but as always I appreciate your support and I know we can't out give God. Don't feel obligated to help with any and every cause, but do help the poor somehow! I hope everyone is supporting them in their own way.

It is truly a commission, not a suggestion.

Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do what is right! Seek justice. Encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.

It doesn't have to be complicated. It can be just bringing a needy person you know a gift basket or something like that.

 

[sidney]

Update: So I had some zeal without knowledge. Finally got on my face about how to advocate for Haiti and the other Latin and Caribbean countries. I will continue to post messages and updates about these these countries on the blog and advocate that way; and provide you with links to donate. There will be no official champion page. Please continue to give on the gifts link if you feel led to do so. I really wanted to raise money for water for Haiti. But I can advocate for Haiti without literally advocating for Haiti. There are many other needs we can support as well. Thanks ladies for all of those who were interested in supporting and please continue to give to the poor. I will continue to advocate and provide information about urgent concerns on the blog.

 

[sidney]

The Fast That I have Chosen Isaiah 58:6-7 “Skip A Meal Challenge”

Posted on July 1, 2012


Hey Ladies,

Many of you already know about my “Skip A Meal Challenge.” It is just a suggestion but it is just another way to help the poor and marginalized. I love this challenge because it gives us an opportunity to live out “The Fast That God Has Chosen” according to the scriptures in Isaiah 58:6-7. I live in a city with a huge homeless population. One day I prayed to God for a way to personally give back and this is the idea I got. The great thing about this challenge, is that it will not cost you take away from the normal amount you give to your church in tithes and offering.

How it works! Well first, according to the scriptures in Isaiah 58, there is a Fast that God Has Chosen! It’s important to look at the biblical context for fasting. It involves prayer and giving, otherwise we would just be dieting lol! He says, that when we fast, we should be doing an extra-little something more than just turn down a plate. He told me, if I give up a meal, someone else should benefit by gaining a meal. That is true loss, otherwise I would just eat twice as much the next day. Only loss will balance the scale of injustice. The Kind of Fast that God Has Chosen should somehow untie the bond of injustice, so that those of us have more can give to those who go the day with no meal at all. This is a brave and startling reality! Children literally starve to death daily. Again, the great thing about this fast is that it will cost you something, but it also does not take away from your regular church tithe. Of course, you can ask God for specific ways that you can live out that Fast That He Has Chosen specifically for YOU. This is just a suggestion, and there are many other ways to help the poor when you fast. Remember, scripture does say “When you fast…” It didn’t say ”If you fast…” so I believe fasting is something God has called us to do. There are many kinds, I like to mostly to the half day fast, and do it twice a month. God likes to reward us for any and everything we do…He loves to give credit…He says when you fast you will be rewarded. He just doesn’t say what kind of it will be though.

Other ideas on how to feed and clothe the poor that does “technically” cost MORE $$:

1. Coupon Clipping! It will cost you the extra effort but the money you save can be given to the poor. This may also include actually opening that grocery store sales catalog and pre-planning purchases.

2. Fasting “Fast Food” lol…you know it’s expensive. Drive-ins can cost you $7-$8 easily! But for $14.60 you can feet a family of for on the Food For the Poor Gifts link for a whole month. If you eat lunch out daily, that’s $25 a week or $100-125. A brown bag lunch can free up plenty of cash and it’s much healthier. But also, you will be feeding the poor.

3. Skip a brunch offer that you really aren’t all that pressed to attend, or go just to socialize and order a tea or smoothie.

4. Donate! Yep, the Salvation Army and The GoodWill will be more than happy to take the clothes and shoes you never wear. This provides opportunities for the disable to get valuable skills training and jobs to support themselves.

5. Put back that tank top that you are not sure you like, and give the money away instead.

Please share more ideas if you have them.

Isaiah 58: 6-7

Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? I

Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter —when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Link for Gifts for to give to Food For The Poor: https://secure3.convio.net/ffp/site/Ecommerce?FOLDER=0&store_id=5622

 

[sidney]

I will be posting updates on the blog about food updates. I don't want to seem like I'm advertising here, you ladies know what the blog is about. And the word tells us what to give, I don't feel bad about sharing what the word says on the issue. Defer to the blog if your are interested in new and practical ways to help. In all sincerity...