"Look! Look! I have told you that there will be disasters and wars in the days before I return to earth! I have told you that such things must come to pass, and I have told you that I will be with you always.
"Do not be afraid, and do not fear for your lives. Haven't I told you that whoever lives in Me will not perish even though they die? Haven't I told you that nothing in all creation can separate you from My love?
"Do not be afraid, and do not turn back from My calling when calamities come, for I have sent you to bring My love to the hurting and wounded. The world flees calamity and abandons its own, but I am calling you to minister to those whom the world leaves behind in disaster zones.
"Many people who proclaim My name are ready and willing to preach to the nations, but are hesitant to go love the victim and the wounded unless there is an opportunity to preach. Many who proclaim My name do not understand that My command to carry one another's burdens is what will preach the gospel of the kingdom to the whole world. For I have said that if you love one another, the whole world will know that you are My disciples, that I have been sent by My Father, and that He has loved them even as He has loved Me.
"You cannot bring about the end by increasing your preaching. The end will come in the time My Father has set. But will you be prepared? Will you understand that your duty is to obey My commands among the nations? Will you understand that the 'end-times ministry' I have called you to is to give the hungry something to eat, to give the thirsty something to drink, to invite the stranger in, to clothe the naked, to look after the sick and visit those who are in prison?"
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See also: "Sharing Hope"
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