MARDI GRAS OUTREACH 2012

It is very interesting for me to be sitting in the Louis Armstrong Airport of New Orleans waiting to be picked up to begin another MARDI GRAS STREET OUTREACH 2012 with my friend Scott Hinkle and the team of about 200 who will come from all over America to do what this scripture says.

Deliver those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are staggering to slaughter,
Oh hold them back.
Proverbs 24:11

I am an avid people watcher. This is what makes sitting in this airport full of people who are coming to party so interesting. Most of them are just looking for a good time when really what they need is the GOOD NEWS  to rescue them from their self destruction. I am praying for more than just witnessing opportunities I am believing for DIVINE APPOINTMENTS that will forever change me and them. The above scripture is one that my wife (Connie) has stood on for many years when we have gone on outreaches either in Hollywood, CA or here at MARDI GRAS.

My heart is stirred with compassion as I sit here and contemplate the assignment of reaching out with the love of God to the lost this weekend.

Matt 9:36
36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd NKJV

The real truth of the matter is these people will be looking for someone or something to lead them. They want that empty spot in their soul to be filled and they will be trying to put many things in there to make it work or they will just medicate the pain of lostness. THEY ARE ALL TEMPORARY FIXES. JESUS IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL LAST.

You do not have to be at MARDI GRAS OUTREACH 2012 to experience this kind of compassion for lost and hurting people. LOOK AROUND YOU and see that the HARVEST IS RIPE and ready for you to reach them with the truth of LOVE, ACCEPTANCE, & FORGIVENESS.

GO FOR IT!!!

Ed