Then he looked up and saw church folk, good-doers, owners of inner city ministries thinking they had a God franchise doling out God on their terms. Then he saw a poor young man, long hair, a infectious smile filled with broken teeth...handing out a package of Oreo cookies. " The plain truth is that this young man has given by far the largest offering today. All these other people made offering they'll never miss. But this young man gave extravagantly, infectiously filled with joy, and grace what he could barely afford. If they had the eyes to see...they would have seen the Kingdom in there midst. ( paraphrase Luke 21: 1-4 ) 

Justin is part of Victoria's street community that we've have seen every week for years. One Sunday a few weeks ago he bought some cookies to give out...and…

Suppose you have a friend who comes to you in the middle of the night, pounding on your front door. All, snuggled and comfy in your warm bed you hear him calling, " Hey neighbor, how about lending me three loaves of bread? A friend of mine has just arrived at my house and I have nothing to serve him."

Arghhhh!!! You pull the blankets over your head and call out, " Please don't disturb me! I've already locked the door and the wife and kids are sound a sleep. I can't get up and let you have anything."

Knock, knock...knock, knock...knock...the presistent late night vistor still rapping on the door.

I really believe that even though you won't get up and let him have something out of friendship for him, you'll crawl out of bed and let him have whatever he needs if he keeps yelling and pounding on the door.

So that's why I'm telling you, start asking and it will be…