Christianity Oasis Forum

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February 25
Wednesday


OKELLO'S
STORY,
OUR STORY

READ:
Luke 5:12-16
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[Jesus] put out His
hand and touched [the
leper]. __Luke 5:12-16
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My friend Roxanne has had some impressive jobs in her life. She has covered the Olympics as a reporter. She has worked in Washington, DC, for noted people and companies. For years, she has written articles about top Christian athletes. But none of those jobs can compare with what she is doing now: giving the love of Jesus to children in Uganda.

What are days like? Consider the rainy Thursday when she walked the muddy pathway to a cancer ward. Once inside, she scooped up little Okello, whose arms bore sores from poor IV care and whose body raged with a high fever. She carried him to the office of the only cancer doctor in the building and stayed with him until he got help and his condition stabilized.

Jesus, our example, spent His entire ministry among the suffering, healing them and bringing them the good news of God's love (Luke 7:21-22).

How significant are the jobs we do? Sure, it's vital to make a living to support ourselves and our families. But is there something w can do to help relieve the suffering in our world of pain? We may not be able to move to Uganda like Roxanne, but we can all find ways to assist someone. In whose life will you make a difference? __Dave Branon
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````````````````````God uses us to show His love`````````````````
``````````````````To people caught in life's despair;```````````````
``````````````````Our deeds of kindness open doors```````````````
````````````````To talk of God and His great care. __Sper``````````
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One measure of our likeness to Christ
is our sensitivity to the suffering of others.

**************Today's Bible Reading __ Luke 5:12-16**************

12 And it happened when
He was in a certain city,
that behold, a man who was
full of leprosy saw Jesus;
and he fell on his face and
implored Him, saying,
"Lord, if You are willing,
You can make me clean."

13 Then He put out His
hand and touched him,
saying, "I am willing; be
cleansed." Immediately the
leprosy left him. 14 And He
charged him to tell no one,
"But go and show yourself
to the priest, and make an
offering for your cleansing,
as a testimony to them, just
as moses commanded."

15 However, the report
went around concerning
Him all the more; and great
multitudes came together to
hear, and to be healed by
Him of their infirmities.

16 So He Himself often
withdrew into the
wilderness and prayed.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Laws regarding lepers are found in Leviticus 13-14. These
regulations were to prevent the infectious spread of this slowly
progressing and incurable skin disease. Lepers were to be isolated
from the rest of society and were required to cry out, "Unclean!
Unclean!" (Lev. 13:45-46) so that others could avoid being infected.
In each incidence of leprosy in the Old Testament (Ex. 4:6-7; Num.
12:10-15; 2 Kings 5:1,27; 7:3; 15:5; 2 Chron. 26:19-23), it seems
that there was no cure apart from a miracle (Luke 4:27). Jesus said
that the healing of lepers (Luke 5:12; 17:11-19) authenticated
His Messiahship (Luke 7:22). __Sim Kay Tee