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Strength: Reaching Out to the World"you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and STRENGTH" The fourth and last aspect of Narkis Street Congregation is our reaching out to the world. The world will know us by our love and the light we shine in the darkness.
Our Identity for Reaching Out to the World Our relationship with God and others, spurred on by the teachings of Jesus, ignites us in expanding God’s Kingdom. We long to bring God’s message of hope and healing to all who are willing to receive it. Pure and undefiled religion before God is to visit orphans and widows in their trouble (James 1:27). We believe the greatest sign of God’s Kingdom is the repentant and changed heart. God’s Kingdom is not made up of the wise, the mighty, or the proud, but the foolish, the weak, and the lowly (1 Cor.1:26-29). Our witness to the world is evident in our attitude, lifestyle, and love; we cannot authentically share the good news of Jesus if our lives are the bad news. Without practicing the words of Jesus, we cannot truly call ourselves followers of Him (Luke 6:46-49; James 1:22).
Our Vision for Reaching Out to the World Narkis Street Congregation desires to touch, hold, and heal the hurting world with Jesus’ good news of the Kingdom of Heaven and the power of the Holy Spirit, transforming and restoring lives by reaching out with God’s compassion (Matt. 25:34-40). • We share the good news of Jesus with every person without prejudice, in hopes that each one will embrace of God’s ever-present grace and redemption (2 Cor. 6:2). We are commanded to be God’s witnesses not just in words but especially through deeds inspired by the Spirit (Acts 1:8; Luke 6:46; Matt. 7:21-23). • We feel a particular calling to reach out to the disenfranchised, those who have no one to defend them…the widow, the orphan, the stranger, the poor, the sick, the prisoner, the naked, the hungry, and the thirsty (Ex. 22:21-27; Matt. 25:31-46). • We follow the steps of Jesus; just as he walked the earth praying for the sick, holding the hurting, freeing the demon-possessed, so too, we acknowledge the Spirit’s ability to work these same miraculous acts today (Mark 16:15-18; James 5:15-18; I Cor. 12:7-11). • Our congregation encourages and supports families, groups, and individuals throughout Israel, the Middle East, and the world who are being the Good News. Our congregation has sent out individuals and groups around the world to visit and participate in the on-going work in these respective areas. We continue to financially, physically, and prayerfully support these works. |
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