National Donate Life Month
Did you know April is National Donate Life Month? Help observe this special month by donating life. Keep reading to find out how.
Become an Organ Donor
How do you donate life? It’s simple: Register to be an organ, eye, and tissue donor. Find out how at organdonor.gov.
Here are reasons why you should become a donor:
- Every 10 minutes, another name is added to the transplant waiting list due to cancer, liver failure, heart disease, dialysis, diabetes, and COPD.
- 18 people die each day waiting for a transplant.
- 90% of Americans say they support organ donation, yet only 30% of licensed drivers or ID card holders have enrolled in a state donor registry.
- 1 organ donor can save 8 livesinformation provided by http://www.transplants.org
Financial Donations
How can you help right now? By donating financially at www.transplants.org. Your financial donations will help families afford the significant medical expenses they are facing during this difficult time.
Donate to Someone in our Community
Your donations can affect people all over the country, or you could impact someone closer to home. Neal Smith, a loving husband, father, and grandfather, is living on borrowed time. Neal has severe lung deterioration, and doctors say a lung transplant is critical to his survival. Family is important to Neal, including his son, Ryan, an active member of our church family, who serves in our student ministry, children’s ministry, orchestra, and wherever he is needed. Neal’s family is faced with raising the cost of his lung transplant, which amounts to $550,000.
If you would like to donate life to Neal, his wife of 40 years, his three children, and two grandchildren, here are two ways you can do that:
- Send a tax-deductible donation via check or credit card. Please make your check payable to NFT Missouri Transplant Fund. Remember to write “in honor of Neal Smith” on the memo line.
- Visit http://www.transplants.org to make a secure online donation. Click “Find an NFT Patient” to search for Neal Smith.
365: catch up day
scripture for today: Catch up day
prayer emphasis: Thank God for all of the blessings of the last year and ask Him to guide you through 2013.
365: catch up day
scripture for today: Catch up day
prayer emphasis: Thank God for the grace He has poured over your life.
365: Malachi 1-4
scripture for today: Malachi 1-4
prayer emphasis: Thank God that you will spend eternity in His presence.
think about it:
The LORD Almighty says to the priests: “A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. I am your father and master, but where are the honor and respect I deserve? …” Malachi 1:6
You did it! You read the Bible in a year. My prayer is that you have found this time of reading and prayer to be a way to honor and respect our Father in your personal walk with Him. God loves it when you set time aside just for Him. Though you have checked off your final reading, don’t stop poring over God’s Word and talking to Him daily. Continue to seek, pursue, and thrive after God daily. Thank you for being a part of 365!
365: Zechariah 11-14
scripture for today: Zechariah 11-14
prayer emphasis: Thank God for the people who bless your life.
365: Zechariah 7-10
scripture for today: Zechariah 7-10
prayer emphasis: Ask God to help you live out your faith through works that others might see God in you and give glory to His name.
365: Zechariah 4-6
scripture for today: Zechariah 4-6
prayer emphasis: Pray for those serving overseas in the armed forces and for their families at home.
365: Zechariah 1-3
scripture for today: Zechariah 1-3
prayer emphasis: Thank God for the gift of His Son.
think about it:
And the LORD said to Satan, “I, the LORD, reject your accusations, Satan …” Zechariah 3:2
This verse made me laugh out loud the first time I read it and every time I re-read it. “I, the LORD, reject your accusations, Satan.” As a child of the 90s, it makes me think of the phrase, “Talk to the hand cause the face ain’t listening,” basically saying, “I reject what you have to say.”
While I love that this verse makes me laugh, the thing I love more is the fact that this passage fell on Christmas day in our 365 schedule. Christmas day is all about God providing a way for us to reject Satan. On this day that is filled with joy and thoughts of our Savior, make sure you remind Satan to talk to the hand cause you ain’t listening!
365: Haggai 1-2
scripture for today: Haggai 1-2
prayer emphasis: Pray for an attitude of worship as we celebrate the birth of our Savior.
365: Zephaniah 1-3
scripture for today: Zephaniah 1-3
prayer emphasis: Pray for the presence of God to be upon churches this Christmas Sunday, forever impacting the lives of those who only attend church at Christmas.
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