Valuing The LeastSample

How Are You Serving Those Living Under the Poverty Line?

There are 1.4 billion people living in extreme poverty. What that really means is that they have the same purchasing power as someone in the US would have had on $1.25 per day in 2005. That’s not much!

Sometimes it’s easy to glance over statistics and not think about their real meanings and implications. There are real people suffering today! Extreme poverty is a more dire issue than many of us would like to believe, but there are many ways you can be part of the solution. Take a moment to understand extreme poverty a bit more clearly and get a sense for where it is impacting the most people. Then decide what you are going to do about it!

As we reach out with God’s Word, we all seek to be understood. But are we making assumptions about how people engage with and process information? If you are reading this copy, what are your assumptions about the literacy of those you are trying to reach globally?

Personal Reflection: Today’s Missiographic lists a variety of ways to help those in poverty. Are you responding to this great need in any of these ways? What’s a first or next step you can take today? Remember that even a small step has a significant impact on those in extreme poverty. One simple step would be to share this information with your friends and family as a way to raise awareness!

Prayer: Dear God, please give me a heart for those living under the poverty line—in my neighborhood and around the world. Show me what I can do to help and how I can motivate others to help as well. Most of all, may those in need spiritually come to know You as the source to meet their eternal needs. Amen