Why Rescue Orphans?
Because of the
overwhelming need and because God directs us to do so in scripture:
There is no greater gift, one that
goes 3 ways, than to adopt a child, with or without special needs. You
honor God, you are blessed with an angel in your own life, and you change the course
of a child's life forever. If you have any doubts about it, please
read below:
"Do not be afraid, for I am with
you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I
will say to the north, "Give them up!" and to the south, "Do not hold them
back." Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth"
Isaiah 43:5-6
"A father of the fatherless, and a
defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. God sets the lonely in
families. (Psalms 68:5-6)
"He defends the cause of the
fatherless" (Deuteronomy 10:18)
"In you the fatherless find mercy." (Hosea 14:4)
"You are the helpers of the fatherless." (Psalm 10:14)
"It is not the will of your Father that one of these little ones should perish."
(Matthew 18:14)
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look
after orphans and widows in their distress." (James 1:27)
"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of
God belongs to such as these." (Luke 18:16)
"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." (John 14:18)
"Whoever welcomes a little
child like this in my name welcomes me." (Matthew 18:5)
"And Jesus took the children
in his arms, put his hands on them, and blessed them." (Mark 10:16)
"Remember those...who are
mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering." (Hebrews 13:3)
"This is how we know what
love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us...let us not love with word or
tongue, but with action and in truth." (I John 3:16-18)
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave
me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in." (Matthew 25:35)
"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves...defend the rights of the
needy." (Proverbs 31:8,9)
"He defended the cause of the
poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me,
declares the Lord." (Jeremiah 22:16)
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