Mere Missions

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when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3.1-2). The person who has experienced the freedom, wholeness, and justice in the spiritual realm of their life is now a citizen of the Kingdom of God and created for good works (Eph. 2.10), that is, to display in word and deed the freedom, wholeness and justice of God’s rule and reign. They can be about the debt of love (Rom. 13.8) and be a servant of all to win more to Christ (1 Cor. 9.19). As Peter wrote, we can, “Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor” (1 Pet. 2.16-17). I have walked in this freedom of love and service in many situations: 1. I started a work program for young teen boys in the city by taking them to work at our Morning Star Ranch outside of Wichita, Kansas. They would learn to be on time and with a reasonably good attitude to work and earn money honestly and with dignity. 2. Susan and I have taken into our home young children when the mother was taken off to jail for drugs and family endangerment. The children were uncared for and had lice, which we contracted and had to cut our own hair because of the lice. 3. We had a room added to our home to house teens needing to get out of horrific home situations. They became part of our family. 4. I have fed and served thousands of homeless people in partnership with other ministries. 5. The staff that I directed in Fresno would provide hundreds

of Thanksgiving baskets and turkeys for community families living in poverty. We also instituted an annual