Prosperity Gospel - Where is your Influence?

Person:

Jesus feed the Hungry, why does the Church do the same?



Thought:

Food is universal, everyone on planet earth has to eat, yet people are dying and there is a lot of food wasted. All this talk about prosperity in the church and how God is going to bless you and yet the world is dying of Hunger.

Here are some sobering facts:

• Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes--one child every five seconds.
• 35.5 million people—including 12.6 million children—live in households that experience hunger or the risk of hunger. This represents more than one in ten households in the United States (10.9 percent). ¹
• 350 billion pounds (160 billion kg) of edible food is available for human consumption in the United States.
• Food Waste 100 billion pounds (45 billion kg) -- including fresh vegetables, fruits, milk, and grain products -- are lost to waste by retailers, restaurants, and consumers.

By contrast, the amount of food required to meet the needs of the hungry is only four billion pounds

Idea:

• At a personal level:
  
1. how much of your personal budget is spent on food
   
2. how much of your personal budget is spent on Starbucks
   
3. Do something
   
• At Community level:
  
• Don't just send Money go feed the Homeless
  
• Don't just pray go feed the homeless
  
• Don't just talk or blog feed the homeless