As of January 31, 2011, JUST AS I AM MINISTRIES, INC Has Distributed Over 62 Tons of Food in Central Texas
JUST AS I AM MINISTRIES, INC REQUESTS YOUR PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT IN MEETING THE GROWING NEEDS FOR DONATED FOOD AND CLOTHES FOR NEEDY INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS.Just As I Am Ministries, Inc. has distributed since opening on March 28, 2010, Over 62 TONS or 124,000 pounds of food for needy individuals and families in Central Texas WITH A FOCUS on East Waco and surrounding areas. East Waco is an area where a high percent of the residents' incomes fall well below the government's defined poverty line and there is currently no local supermarket in East Waco. So the demand for healthy food, such as protein and produce, is very high.
Individuals in East Waco must travel to Bellmead or go across the Brazos River to North or South Waco, to shop. Many must take public transportation or pay someone to take them to these areas. This then cuts into what little they have to spend for food.
Working with the Capital Area Food Bank of Austin, Texas, we are able to obtain food at a nominal handling fee per pound, but we need your support to reach the increasing demands of the Waco community.
We are funded by donations from private individuals who care about others in need. So any size financial donation that you give us will be greatly appreciated and will help us to continue to provide assistance to the shut-in, elderly, and poor individuals and families in Waco and the surrounding areas.
PLEASE SEND YOUR TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TO:
JUST AS I AM MINISTRIES' "FREELY RECEIVE, FREELY GIVE' FOOD PANTRY
1415 Chapel Hill Drive
WACO, TEXAS 76712
PHONE 1-254-666-4051 or Cell: 1-914-319-4580
Thank you for your generous donation and may God richly bless you.
John 3:16 " God so loved that He gave...".
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( 3 / 343 )TRUE FRIENDSHIP IS ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE
1 SAMUEL 18:1-4
The story of Jonathan (Jonathan means "Yahweh Gave") and David's friendship (David means "Favorite or Beloved") is a shadow of the love and friendship that Christ has for us. Jonathan loved David and his soul was knitted to David's indicating that he loved David with all of his heart and soul.
Jonathan's could see the anointing on David's life. Jonathan was King Saul's son and heir to King Saul's kingdom. But his friendship with David was more important to him than being the next king of Israel.
Love is an action word. Jonathan demonstrated his love for David by removing his royal garment, princely robe, and his weapons, and giving them to David, the young humble shepherd.
Jonathan took off his royal robe, royal sword, his royal bow, his royal armor and did not hesitate to lay them down for his friend, David. Perhaps, doing this in the eyes of some and his father, King Saul, may have been interpreted as choosing David instead of himself as a future king of Israel.
Jonathan exhibited genuine love, the kind of love that Jesus speaks of in the Gospels. Jonathan was willing to lay down his own way of life as a Prince of Israel and his future kingship and all its rewards and honors to his friend, David.
Jonathan knew who he was in the eyes of God and giving David his royal garnents elevated him in stature in God's eyes. Jonathan knew he had nothing to fear from David.
Why was Jonathan's love of David so important? It is an illustration for us today to help us understand how true love gives of its itself and expects nothing in return. It reminds of God's grace toward us.
JOHN 15:13. Jesus said: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS".
Jesus Christ loved us so much that He laid aside his kingly garments, his crown, his scepter and robed himself in human flesh and died on the cross so that we could be clothed in his garment of salvation and his robe of righteousness.
So we can say as in ISAIAH 61:10.
"I WILL GREATLY REJOICE IN THE LORD, MY SOUL SHALL BE JOYFUL IN MY GOD FOR HE HATH CLOTHED ME WITH THE GARMENTS OF SALVATION, HE HATH COVERED ME WITH THE ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS..."
Also, In 1 JOHN 4:18, we know that "THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE BUT PERFECT LOVE CASTETH OUT FEAR BECAUSE FEAR HAS TORMENT." I believe Jonathan's love for David was perfect!
In EPHESIANS 3:17-19, God wants us to be "rooted and grounded" in love (preferring others to ourselves).
WHY?
EPHESIANS 3:18-19: That WE "... MAY BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND WITH ALL
SAINTS WHAT IS THE BREADTH AND LENGTH AND DEPTH AND HEIGHT; AND TO
KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST, WHICH PASSETH KNOWLEDGE, THAT YE (We) MIGHT
BE FILLED WITH ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD".
(Filled with the fullness of GOD means that we will be filled with the fullness of Love since GOD IS LOVE!
During this Christmas Season, let us demonstrate to others the love that God has for us:
JOHN 3:16. FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN
SON THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE
EVERLASTING LIFE.
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( 2.9 / 416 )Just As I Am Ministries, Inc.
The down pouring of the Holy Spirit upon the one hundred twenty souls in Jerusalem came " when the Day of Pentecost had fully come".
Pentecost was celebrated by the Jewish people from time of Moses in the Old Testament, but it was only a shadow of what was to come. In the book of Acts, chapter 2, when the"Day of Pentecost had fully come", those who had witnessed the resurrected Christ and were on one accord in mind amd heart were baptized with the Holy Ghost. This did not happen until the fullness of time. The Jewish Messiah had come, was crucified, buried, and resurrected prior to the day that Pentecost had fully come.
The appearance of Jesus Christ, our Messiah's on earth did not occur until the fullness of time. When the “fullness of time” had come, Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary. Everything had to be done in order and with the level of precision that only The Holy Omnipotent God could accomplish.
God used the same type of precision in orchestrating our birth on the earth; however, since we had earthly fathers who had descended from Adam, we were born in sin and shaped in iniquity. Jesus had God as His Father and was not born under the curse of sin as we were.
Since Jesus was free of sin, His Mission was to help us to be reconciled with our Father so we can go back home.
Before we place our lives in the hands of GOD through Jesus Christ, we are lost and can not on our own find out where home is or from where we came.
We just arrived here on earth and some one told us who our father and mother were when we were old enough to understand.
Some times it may take several years after we give our lives to Christ before we begin to understand where we came from, where our real home is , and the mystery of our being (body, soul, and, spirit).
It was after reading Psalms 90 that I realized that my spirit was residing in GOD before I was conceived.
Psalms 90:1-2. 1. “LORD, THOU hast been our dwellingplace in all generations. 2. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art GOD.” (KJV)
Psalms 90:1-2 and Psalms 139: 13-16 let us know that while our spirit was in God, the substance from which our physical bodies are made was in the earth. It was with God’s command that our spirit from God united with the body chosen by God for us.
God chose:
1. The Channel (our mother and father) through which we would enter the world;
2. The Location on earth where we would be born (our birthplace);
3. Our race or ethnicity;
4. Our gender (whether we would be a boy or girl);
5. The Time in history for us to be born .
While we were born on a specific month, day, and year in the 20th Century, we could have been born, for example, in 1000 B.C., 1200 A. D. (during the Holy Crusade); 1860 (during the Civil War) or any other time. It was only after that GOD had set up everything that we needed for our life were we born here on earth.
Understanding this lets us know that everything about us was pre-known by the Omniscient GOD long before we was born. We were born at the fullness of our time just as Jesus was.
Let’s look at the precision and detail of our being as outlined in Psalms 139:13-16.
13. “For thou (LORD) hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned when as yet there was none of them.
“The fullness of time” that God has chosen for us has ensured that we have everything we need to find our way back home. The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the New Testament as well as the Holy Bible has many translation or versions here in America. Churches are everywhere. The Gospel is being preached on radio and TV twenty-four hours a day. Bibles and commentaries can be purchased at Wal-mart or almost any book store. The Bible is now also available on DVDs and CDs.
IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN BORN AGAIN BY ACCEPTING JESUS CHRIST,THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD, AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, “THE FULLNESS OF TIME” FOR YOU IS NOW.
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( 3.1 / 216 )The Dedication of the JUST AS I AM MINISTRIES, INC.'s "Freely Receive, Freely Give" Food and Clothes Pantry was held on March 21.
Distribution of Food and Clothes to the needy will occur every THURSDAY from 9-11 AM and 4-6 PM by appointments, only. The Office is open Monday through Friday from 9 AM - 4 PM. Appointments can be made during these hours to receive assistance on Thursday.
The Clothes Pantry is open on Saturdays from 9 AM until 3 PM.
The Food Pantry is located at 610 DeShong Smith and the Clothes Closet is adjacent to the Food Pantry on the Corner of Kellum Street and DeShong Smith.
CALL 254-235-4009 to make your appointment or to VOLUNTEER
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( 3.1 / 390 )Just As I Am Ministries, Inc.'s “Freely Receive Freely Give” Waco Food Pantry Fills a Growing Need in Waco
Since opening on March 28, 2010, Just As I Am Ministries, Inc.'s "Freely Receive Freely Give" Food Pantry has distributed Our Pantry phone Number is
254-235-4009.
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