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Why the Gospel is the Best "Help" You Can Give Someone

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As a pastor, I have seen great need come knocking at my door.  It is one of the things that I honestly wasn't prepared for.  Maybe not so much the need itself, but the sheer magnitude of the need and the consistency by which the need has presented itself over the years.  The homeless, the sick, the stranded, the single mothers financially struggling, the hungry, the relationally shattered and the desperate have all visited my office. They have all come for one reason:  We are the church and this is supposed to be a place of help and hope.  At the church, the need seems to come in waves.  There are sometimes whole seasons with very few needs presented.  Then, there are times where days and even weeks are filled with encounters of these heart wrenching stories from men, women and families who have come seeking a hope of relief. I wish that I could say I have always met these needs the way that Jesus would want me to, but I am sure that I have failed about as many times as I h