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This week we worshiped with people from St. Rest Baptist Church, Westside Church of God, The Crossing Community Church, The Bridge and On Ramps Covenant Church in a collaborative service, celebrating Serve Fresno and what God did in our city through His servants. It was a small taste of what heaven will look like with people of different backgrounds, colors, sizes and places all coming together to worship the true, risen and living Savior.
In a story many of us are familiar with, we often hear about the Good Samaritan and are encouraged to put ourselves in his place, having compassion on the man lying on the side of the road, which we should. But have you ever put yourself in the place of the man at the side of the road? Because he could be any one of us. There is nothing but the grace of God keeping us from being that individual, and once we realize the gravity of that, that’s where we can take the example Christ has given us and take compassion on those around us. Jesus came into Jerusalem on a donkey, took away our sin and hung on the cross so we would have a chance at eternal life. If it hadn’t been for Jesus, we would be dead, dying in our sin. God has positioned you to help others. Let us continue to go out and be the church, showing the world a reflection of Him through us.