Speaking at the Bride Church was "touching."

The Bride Church is brand spanking new (three yrs old) and moved into a large church building. I attend there and was as to share a sermon during a past service.  It was a crowd of around one hundred people.  People that were old friends of the pastor that came to hear him speak (oops). A portion of our group is also part of the surrounding community that the church is concerned about and some have responded  attending Worship that is held on Saturday nights.  Our young Pastor is very capable but asked me to speak and I was glad to.

The talk was about a leper that had come to Jesus for healing and of course Jesus reached down and touched him and said "I will. Be clean."

1.  Jesus Touches Lives
2.  We now are to touch lives
3.  Everyone can receive His touch right now.

We will not see (truly) improved  communities until there is a heart transformation, followed by life transformation.  More important than the Church going into the community to give food, love and education that Jesus commanded, is the showing and sharing, lovingly giving the neighborhood an opportunity to believe and receive a personal relationship with God through faith in Christ.

This should be an overflow from the Love of God to intentionally touching lives of the people God has placed in our circle of life.

There were the usual nice comments after the service.  Many had felt called and sent to go back to their families, work, even school and allow God to use their lives to touch lives, and that's very cool.