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He Touched Me Series
Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: If we want to meet the real needs of real people, then like Jesus, we must touch the untouchable, forgive the unforgivable, and befriend the despicable.
Harry waited a moment and then almost sneered as he answered, “No you don’t. There’s no church like that. If there was, I’d join it. I’d join a church like that!” Well, that’s the kind of church Jesus came to create – a church that throws birthday parties for whores at 3:30 in the morning? (Tony Campolo, The Kingdom of God Is a Party, Word, 1990)
If we want to meet the real needs of real people, then like Jesus we must touch the untouchable, we must forgive the unforgivable, and we must befriend the despicable.
As the song-writer (Charles F. Brown) put it…
Reach out and touch a soul that is hungry;
Reach out and touch a spirit in despair;
Reach out and touch a life torn and dirty,
A man who is lonely – if you care!
Reach out and touch that neighbor who hates you;
Reach out and touch that stranger who meets you;
Reach out and touch the brother who needs you;
Reach out and let the smile of God touch through you.
