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Did You Know that You Can!...

Help Stop Hunger Now?

Did you know that it is possible to end hunger and starvation? It is possible to end the needless waste in and suffering of people if everyone that read this would make the commitment to get involved. Although there are many problems that seem to be difficult to deal with in the world and in society, hunger and starvation is a problem that can be dealt with if we make the commitment to do so.

There are three key ways in which you and other people in the United States can help reduce hunger and poverty: The first is accept the problem as our own (no one can fix anything if we do not accept responsibility for what is happening or not). The second key to the solution is understanding-- this implies learning and having the wisdom to know what are the problems, which are in two parts. The first is people need to be fed while we work on resolving ways to get the problems resolved on a long- term basis. There is enough food, but there is not a good method to get the food to those in need. To get some planning done it takes a plan and governments and organizations willing to deal with the problems to work together, which is the biggest of all problems. Today we still deal with hunger and starvation as a temporary situation and as a result no long-term plans exits to deal with the problems-- and action. Action can take three key forms: influencing public policy, contributing financially, and working directly with poor people.

We at Our Daily Bread, Missions and our members are dedicated and committed to solving these problems. It is about Advocacy, speaking out for those that have no voice or so small a voice that no one can hear it. We are committed to working with people in need, governments to get the supplies to the people in need, churches, and organizations to deal with not only the short term problems, but create a plan to deal with the long term need. We believe in order to do this, it will take God and His people to work together as one body (Understanding the promise: we can do all things through Christ. However Christ is two parts, Jesus is the head and we are the body. Not understanding this allows the problem to continue. In not accepting this, God’s will cannot be done.), to solve the problems. With the support from members and grants from the Alliance of Accredited Ministers, Association of Accredited bible Schools, Association of Pastoral Counselors, and other individuals and organizations that desire to deal with the problems on a long-term basis.

Learn about hunger and poverty. What are the situations confronting poor people in the United States and in the world, and what are the underlying factors causing their hunger and poverty. A key step to helping poor people is to increase your understanding through learning. For more information, click on Learn More About Hunger.

Take action:

Influence public policy to support poor people: As a contributing member of Our Daily Bread, Ministries Food Bank you are sending a clear message to congress and other governments that we as Christians are willing to stand together to resolve the problems hunger, starvation, and homelessness in unity. The church and governments play a key role in allocating resources and adopting policies that influence the lives of poor and hungry people. When we use our citizenship of heaven and our authority given to us by God, we as believers stand in faith to influence the nations voice including changing government policies. We encourage you to join one (or more) U.S. anti-hunger advocacy/public policy organizations or other organizations that deal with key issues affecting poor people.
Contribute financially to reducing hunger and poverty: While at times for many, it is in general not possible to support individual poor families, it is possible to contribute to organizations that do support poor people. See our list of some of those organizations below. If everyone reading this would be committed to becoming a member or Our Daily Bread, Ministries Food Bank and donating 82 each per year or $6.84 per month we could end the starvation in this generation.
Work directly with poor people: Start an ODB, Missions Food Bank or Food Pantry in your local area through your church or one of our affiliate member groups. This would go further than you can realize. By becoming involved directly you will know the need and encourage others to work together to resolve the needs on a local basis. "What ever we do to the least of these we do unto Him."

As a contributing member to Our Daily Bread, Missions you are helping in all three areas of action to take. We are currently seeking dialog with governments where the need is greatest. However it is like anything else, one member voice is small and easily overlooked, one million member voices bring influence, and ten million bring resolve. We are seeking individuals in many areas of the country that desire to open food banks, We believe that it is the Christian through Christ that will bring the resolve to hunger, starvation, and those that are homeless. If we do not, who will?

Matthew 25:34-46 " Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."

We are responsible…..

When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, We want our hand always to be there. For that we are responsible.

We are responsible both to God and each other.

"Together we can make a change, we can make a difference!"

"God gave us His Son, Spirit, Love, Direction, Purpose, Gifts, and free will. He gave us all the basic tools to either care for Him and others or care just for ourselves.

It is a choice either way, to either learn to work together to solve problems, but at the end, when it is all said and done, our true hearts will be exposed. We are given two things to do, love God and love our neighbor as ourselves.

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