Are we doing enough to help the poor? Poverty Stats

[brinny]

Why are there still millions of kids starving in Africa?

Corruption and horrendous and wicked evil.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

We could all give anonymously. For instance, if we know a family, like a single mom, is struggling, we could leave a food box at her front door and ring the bell and leave.

That's what SNAP and WIC are for.

 

[brinny]

That's what SNAP and WIC are for.

Uh-huh.

And you don't thinks some peoples falls through the cracks?

 

[W2L]

It's an unsolvable problem.

Of course poverty is unsolvable for the world, but individuals we can help.

 

[W2L]

Corruption and horrendous and wicked evil.

Yes, but can we reach these kids?

 

[brinny]

Of course poverty is unsolvable for the world, but individuals we can help.

Let's discuss that.

 

[W2L]

Let's discuss that.

ok

 

[brinny]

Yes, but can we reach these kids?

Why do you think i pray?

There are organizations and individuals that He raises up to go where no man may have ventured before.

Thus, the praying.

 

[brinny]

ok

Ok.

What can we do, right where we live?

 

[W2L]

Why do you think i pray?

There are organizations and individuals that He raises up to go where no man may have ventured before.

Thus, the praying.

Thank you. For that same reason i started this thread.

 

[brinny]

Thank you. For that same reason i started this thread.

Good thread.

Thank you.

 

[W2L]

Ok.

What can we do, right where we live?

Find a homeless man and help him. Help a struggling family. Im having a hard time forgetting those kids in Africa though, they dont have the wealth america does.

 

[brinny]

Find a homeless man and help him. Help a struggling family. Im having a hard time forgetting those kids in Africa though, they dont have the wealth america does.

Thus, we pray.

We do what we can right where we are, and in the meantime we pray for what is beyond our reach, asking God to intervene, open doors, and guide us in how we can intervene/help.

"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." ~Jam 5:16

 

[W2L]

Thus, we pray.

We do what we can right where we are, and in the meantime we pray for what is beyond our reach, asking God to intervene, open doors, and guide us in how we can intervene/help.

"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." ~Jam 5:16

And this

Proverbs 31:8 Open your mouth for the mute,
For the [a]rights of all the unfortunate.
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And [c]defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.

 

[TuxAme]

Wrong. If we eliminated their poverty in the short term they would quickly find ways to return to it, mainly by immediately increasing their birth rates to unsustainable levels.

If we were all doing our part, we'd all be looking beyond short term solutions.

 

[brinny]

And this

Proverbs 31:8 Open your mouth for the mute,
For the [a]rights of all the unfortunate.
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And [c]defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.

This would simultaneous with the prayer, and as we help. It all comes together as we develop a heart for others.

It includes the most defenseless and helpless amongst us, the tiniest who have no voice.

 

[W2L]

If we were all doing our part, we'd all be looking beyond short term solutions.

You cant control the politics of every nation or tribe. wars break out over such things.

 

[TuxAme]

You cant control the politics of every nation or tribe. wars break out over such things.

We don't need to control the politics to send any amount of help somewhere.

Regardless, when I said "if we all did our part", I meant if all of us did our part, including those in other nations.

 

[W2L]

We don't need to control the politics to send any amount of help somewhere.

Regardless, when I said "if we all did our part", I meant if all of us did our part, including those in other nations.

Ok, i understand, thank you.

 

[DamianWarS]

The government and chruches and agencies "we" ? , no - they are perpetuating and increasing poverty for the poor and oppressed, the widows, and orphans, and the sick/ disabled.

Ekkelsia "we" ? As written if we have 2 shirts, and SEE someone who needs it, we give it to them.
If we have food, and SEE someone who is hungry, we feed them.
If we have a roof over our heads, with 'authority' to do this, if we SEE someone homeless or needing a place to sleep for the night, we invite the homeless and the poor travelers in to stay with us for the night.

We cannot give to whom we cannot see (except as written as the Apostles and elders did in the New Testament),
and
we cannot give what we do not have, can we ?

A LOT can be done with two loaves of bread and some fish though, right ? (as in the feeding of thousands) ....

This is the Gospel in practice but no one likes to apply it to themselves. Surely God doesn't expect me to invite a stranger in and put my family at risk? We are all to scared to speak it out too because that means we have to practice what we preach.

I fear the judgement upon us someday when we walk past a homeless beggar on the streets and be offended by his presence while carrying a $5 cup of coffee.