The Right Motivation

By Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv Identifying and satisfying people’s needs is a very effective way to reach others for Jesus. But we also need to be careful to have the right motivation. In other words, meeting needs is not simply a tool to share the gospel or to...

Meeting the Needs in Our Community

By Aaron Lemuel De La Torre,  Iglesia Bautista de la Comunidad in Hidalgo, Texas, www.comunidadiglesia.com Routine is a significant part of our family life. Our youngest daughter needs her routine and has difficulty adjusting to routine changes. Our weekly...

Pitfalls to Meeting Needs

By Daphne Kirk, www.G2gMandate.org; Twitter: daphnekirk We must be careful that we don’t create dependencies when meeting needs. I recall being bewildered when we went to help with the Tsunami crisis in Thailand. The person we were working with ensured he never...

Looking Behind the Walls

By Daphne Kirk, www.G2gMandate.org; Twitter: daphnekirk We often think of the “poor” as having needs, but people with “plenty” are fine. We must think more broadly and with greater insight when approaching this topic. I remember walking around...