100 Days to a Healthier ChurchSample

Day 38

Today’s Big Idea: KEEP meeting needs. The church has always been called to meet needs, especially the needs of the most vulnerable among us. First on that list are orphans and widows. 

Key Verse: The Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food (Acts 6:1).

Thoughts to Consider: Caring for widows and orphans is one of the central tenets of what James 1:27 calls “pure religion”. So when a problem developed in the distribution of food to widows, it couldn’t be ignored.

Take some time to think and pray about the needs your church is called to meet. From inside the church to your local community, your region, and around the world. The meeting of needs can seem overwhelming, but every church is called to meet some of them. And if every congregation does their part, no one will be left out. As we see in Acts, the early church was so generous that, astonishingly, it was recorded that “God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them” (Acts 4:33–34). May it be so in our churches today.

What are the primary needs the church must KEEP meeting to stay true to our call?: