Just last month, we celebrated the jolly Easter season and Christ is risen! Upon His resurrection, Jesus told His disciples to tarry in Jerusalem until they were endued with power according to Luke 24:49. They were to wait on the Lord to equip them to go out and preach the gospel to the ends of the earth, which they did. In later books of the Bible, we can see the disciples walking in demonstration of power. For us to see all that, they had to wait until the Lord endued them with power and sent them out to different places around the world.
At GHMI, the foster parents and fraternity as a whole have been given the responsibility to equip the little ones before they go out to share what they have received. This home is their Jerusalem, the place of preparation and equipping before they go out into the world to give from the abundance of their hearts. The children are expected to feed on the word of God even as their needs are taken care of. Our Lord Jesus already paid the full price that we may walk in abundance both physically and spiritually.
Our children are already walking in fulfillment of this scripture. They have consistent Bible study patterns and practice what they learn among themselves. The training they are undergoing as disciples of Christ is preparing them for a greater and brighter destiny ahead. The foster parents have taken it upon themselves to teach them and guide them accordingly. Just as other biological parents are commanded to bring up a child in the ways of the Lord in Proverbs 22:6, our foster parents are giving the best training they can while the children are in their Jerusalem phase.
These children have laid down everything in their lives, including their biological families, to tarry in this Jerusalem. We are confident the Lord will endow them with the power to make good disciples for Jesus Christ and the kingdom of God.
We, the entire team and staff at GHMI rejoice that we are enabled to be acting as a “foster parent” to the children. We have our supplies because God never fails to supply our needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus. You, our partners and donors are an integral part of the supply in Christ Jesus and therefore, we are so grateful to God for His gift of His Son. We are rejoicing in the blessing each generous action in faith your support has provided Give Hope Ministries International since it started 10 years ago. As we share in our actions to observe the times in the children’s journey by the side of our Lord to learning to be “overcomers”, breaking the cycle of poverty in their lives and bringing this forward to others as living testimonies, we give thanks for the Love of the Holy Father and the gift of the Holy Spirit so we ourselves are not left Orphans as Jesus stated.
We are humbled and grateful. Join us in giving Glory to God for his indescribable gift, in Christ Jesus, birth, and life on earth as Emanuel. Suffering for us, walking in the same challenges we face daily and showing us that HE calms every storm for us. May each of you be as blessed as you are being fully accepted in the beloved.
In Christ Jesus.
Post-Author is Donna Onjala a Christian Freelance Content Writer