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James 1:27 is a scripture that we love here at His Voice. Is says this, “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”
Of course we love it, it speaks directly to who we are and what we do as an organization, but the second part of it is what we strive for. To be unstained from the world.
I know I can get caught up in the things of this world, and I can truly let them affect me. Recently Andrew and I made the move to Dallas, TX. We decided to downsize, rent smaller and stick with the one car we share, “Live a little more simply”.
So, we had a huge two day moving sale and made $3,000 dollars. Who knew we had that much stuff to get rid of?
There is something to be said for how we obtain so much because we “need” it.
I think there is a movement of the Holy Spirit sweeping in the hearts of Christians right now that says, “To be full, all you need is Me.”
The reaction many are having to this is, “Let’s get rid of our stuff!” I by no means think this is the only answer, but I do know that just because we live in this world does not give us right to be consumed by it.
“Simply Full” is a way to make life more simple, or to do “greater things” in a more simple way, while helping others have life to the fullest.
Here are some great ways to live out James 1:27 right now!
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Set a date to have a garage sale.
Step out of your comfort zone and meet your neighbors. Go door to door and ask them to join you in a garage sale that benefits orphans.
You will have the opportunity to share not only with your neighbors, but with everyone who shops, what His Voice is doing and why it is called His Voice…and ultimately you will be living out the Gospel and having opportunity to share!
You can set up signs, hand out cards, make cupcakes…whatever you want to draw a crowd to “Simply Full” A sale that makes our longing to have a more simple life and to give a more full life to someone else possible.
Read below for more ways that YOU can do something…SIMPLE THINGS.
- Slap our Simply Full logo on your front door and throw a party!
What are your friends into:: Games, movies, video games? Host a Game night where people pay to play. Create a bracket system for a video game tourney, have friends buy their spot. Host a movie night, cook a meal, and have friends pay at the door. Play with the season, I am sure there is gonna be a football game on, host a bash and have folks donate at the door. What ever you do that day, do it for the Orphans! A simple way to ask people to donate is as easy as you doing the food and having friends bring the cash they would have spent on their Sunday dinner!
Take a few minutes between rounds or at half time and show our new video and share about who His Voice Global is and what we do! We can even make you a simple video of us talking that caters to your crowd and send it to you!
Let us know if we can do anything to help you, i.e. send you cards, promote via twitter and facebook. contact sarah@hisvoiceglobal.com.
Suggested Videos to Share
Tips
Have your computer open to THIS PAGE (http://www.hisvoiceglobal.com/partners.php)
for your guests to make a donation or to sign up for our newsletter!
Show images of the orphans!
Things to know about His Voice Global
Please read through our website and e-mail Sarah@hisvoiceglobal with any questions.
Where does His Voice Do Work?
South Sudan. We have 3 orphanages in South Sudan and are currently building a 4th. With our help the South Sudanese people have set up a business, the Lion of Judah Trucking Company. The trucking company exists to provide income for the workers but also to sustain the workings of the orphanage.
Each orphanage complex includes a church, a freshwater well, a farm, a medical clinic, and a school where the local kids come to learn and eat one meal a day. The best part about the work in South Sudan is that the Gospel is being taught to the 254 orphans, and we have provided jobs for over 130 Sudanese people, mostly widows, who are doing Kingdom work!
Kolkata, India. We have currently partnered with an incredible couple, Nabin and Matilda. They have a calling to go into Howrah Train Station and minister to the children who live there. The goal is for these children to come out of the violence in Howrah and live at the home Nabin and Matilda lead out on.
The focus of the home is to give holistic discipleship that allows these boys to get an education, be ministered to from the scars of life they have incurred, and also be equipped to go and make disciples of all nations.
We are beginning work in an undisclosed area of East Asia. We cannot share about that. But it is focusing on abandoned children and orphans as well.
Soup and Chili Recipes
Poblano and Chicken Chowder - Serves 6-8.
Ingredients
1 stick unsalted butter, melted
3/4 Cup flour
1 T olive oil
1/2 lb Onion, Diced
1/2 lb Celery, Diced
1/2 lb carrots, Diced
1/4 lb Poblano Chiles, seeded and diced
1 can of sweet corn drained.
1T fresh Garlic, minced
1/4 tsp thyme leaves or dried thyme
1/2 T White pepper
1 T ground cumin
2 qts Strong Chicken stock (or chicken bouillon)
1 1/2 T Tobasco
1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
2 Cups heavy Cream
1 lb Chicken Breast, Grilled and diced. (or all the meat from one rotisserie chicken)
Shredded jack cheese.
Make a roux with the melded butter and flour. Whisk over med-high heat for 5 minutes. This should be a blonde color. Set aside - reserve.
Heat oil in a large kettle. Add onions, celery, carrots, poblanos and garlic. Saute until onions are translucent and carrots are soft.
Stir in white pepper, cumin, and thyme. Once incorporated, add chicken stock. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook for 20 minutes or until veggies are soft.
Begin adding the roux slowly, whisking it in in bits. be careful to not form lumps.
continue to cook over high heat for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and add corn, tobasco, cilantro, cream and chicken. Heat through.
Top with tortilla chips and jack cheese to serve!
Crock-pot Chipotle Turkey Chili - (Thick) serves 6-8
Ingredients
1 lb Ground Turkey
1 tsp Extra virgin olive oil
1 Med onion, diced
4-6 cloves garlic, diced
2 T Chili Powder
2 Cans Black beans, undrained
2 Cans Diced or chopped Fire Roasted tomatoes, undrained
1 small can Diced green chilies, undrained
1 Tsp Chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, chopped (add more if you like it spicy!)
1 bunch of cilantro
Salt and pepper to taste to top
Cilantro, Fritos, Sour cream, shredded jack cheese
Brown turkey and set aside
Saute garlic and onion in EVOO till translucent. Stir in chili powder.
In a crock-pot, add beans, green chilies, tomatoes, chipotle and a balm full of chopped cilantro.
Add the Sauteed ingredients, and the turkey.
Let cook 4 hours on high.
Serve with Fritos, sour cream, shredded cheese and cilantro!
Taco Soup
Ingredients
2 lbs Ground beef
2 cans Pinto or Red beans
1 can corn
2 cans diced tomatoes
1 can rotel tomatoes
1 pkg Ranch style dressing mix
1 pkg Taco mix
1 T Chili powder
1-2 cans water
Shredded Cheddar
Taco Chips
Brown ground beef, drain. Add to a soup pot, or crock-pot. Add all other ingredients.
Serve when hot, with shredded cheddar cheese and taco chips
Children's message/object lesson
Need: A jar with bunch of marbles - enough marbles for each child. Use these images as you wish for visual aids.
Scripture.
James 1:27
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Script -
What is in this jar? (show the jar)
Marbles! Right!
So what if I told you that these marbles cost $10.00 each. Would you want to buy a marble?
Probably not, right? It is just a little glass marble.
(Hold some in your hand)
You know what though? There is something really special about marbles.
Have you ever held a handful of marbles and looked at how each one is different? The thing about marbles is they are all different, yet are alike in many ways. Marbles are made up of the same material and are made the same way. Some of them even have the same colors. Even though they have all those things in common, each one is still very different from the next.
In a lot of ways marbles are like us. We are all made of the same material, skin, bones, muscle, blood and water...we are shaped the same way, and for each of us, there are other people who are the same color!
But, look at these marbles, If you look really closely, each one is very unique. There really are no two marbles that are identical. If you look at us, people, you will find the same thing, there are no two of us that are exactly the same.
Now, would you say that you are worth $10.00?
Of course you are!
For today, lets say that these marbles represent PEOPLE - Just like you!
The jar that holds them is a home AND a project that gives life to these people. Let’s say this jar represents a home for kids where they learn about Jesus, they go to school, have food, and have women who take care of them!
There is this organization called His Voice Global and we as a church have the opportunity to team up with them to help build an orphanage. We want them to make sure that all these marbles get to be in the jar! (the kids get to be the home)
It costs money to make an orphanage. Today, when your family makes a donation to His Voice Global, each member of the family will get a marble! You can put these on your kitchen table, carry it around in your pocket, or make jewelry or magnets out of them. Right now I am going to give each of you one of these marbles. This marble is going to be a reminder for you to pray for one person, a little boy or girl in Sudan or India that your family is helping to give a home.
So, let’s start praying for the kids and the workers in Sudan and India right now; let’s pray that they will hear God’s Voice, telling them that He hears them, and loves them.
