I have spent today, as have all national YFC, working on my personal support. In the main for me this has meant writing a prayer letter and designing a thank you for each of them.

As a national member of staff I agree to find people to give a monthly amount to YFC to cover 50% of my salary. I have 40 amazing people ‘out there’ who support me in this way ranging from £10 to £185 per month. Each of those people give sacrificially so that YFC can increase the mission we do.

It just amazes me how generous people are. Some of my supporters I do not know very well, or have only met once while others are family members and people I have known for years. Some come from the blog community – so if you’d like to join my team of supporters please get in touch as I do still have vacancies for people who want to invest in mission to young people.

Today, I have written my letter based around grace.

A little bit of interesting research – my concordance tells me that in the Old Testament grace is mentioned 8 times. In the New Testament, grace is mentioned 121 times – I think that is a clear indication of the difference that Jesus makes.

If the OT is all about complying with the law, then the NT is about our freedom because Jesus has fulfilled the law. I just long to get this message across to those of us that still feel we have to reach a certain standard, or act a certain way, or believe in a certain way to be acceptable to Jesus.

Yes – there are some basic things to believe, such as Jesus being God incarnate, Jesus resurrecting from the dead and so on – but so many get hung up other other things which seem quite secondary: drinking/not drinking, sorts of music, sexuality. Romans 6:14 tells us that grace is the key.

I wish I could get out there and live like I believed that!

Anyway – don’t forget, if you wish to join my personal support team, please drop me a line.

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