Haiti Nonprofit - Letter from The President

Many of life's greatest things are things that money can not buy. Quality time with friends and family. Making memories that lasts a lifetime. I have been fortunate in life, having had a supportive family and the opportunity to try my hand at many things. There have been many successes as long with many failures. However, if we learn from these things, they can be all used for good. God works in much the same way. He gives us many blessings in life, many we not even aware of. He also lets us fail at many things. These too, are to be meant for our spiritual growth.

  I am often reminded of how God can use anyone to bring Him glory. How God has used four men in our ministry to do some amazing things. Everyone of us in our ministry is a nobody. None of us have any great talents, but God uses us. None of us are great leaders, but God uses us. None of us are scholars, but God uses us. None of us have any bible schooling, but God uses us.

  Why does God use us? I believe He uses us as we seek out His will and guidance in all we do in ministry. God has opened so many doors in this ministry, making it very easy for us to do His will. Our Lord has a plan for each and everyone of you. Be obedient and let Him guide your path.

Steven Sager
President
You Have A Choice Ministries, Inc

Racism Biblical View

Question: What does the Bible say about racism, prejudice, and discrimination?

Answer: The first thing to understand in this discussion is th...at there is only one race"the human race. Caucasians, Africans, Asians, Indians, Arabs, and Jews are not different races. Rather, they are different ethnicities of the human race. All human beings have the same physical characteristics (with minor variations, of course). More importantly, all human beings are created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27). God loved the world so much that He sent Jesus to lay down His life for us (John 3:16). The "world" obviously includes all ethnic groups.

God does not show partiality or favoritism (Deuteronomy 10:17; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Ephesians 6:9), and neither should we. James 2:4 describes those who discriminate as "judges with evil thoughts." Instead, we are to love our neighbors as ourselves (James 2:8). In the Old Testament, God divided humanity into two "racial" groups: Jews and Gentiles. God's intent was for the Jews to be a kingdom of priests, ministering to the Gentile nations. Instead, for the most part, the Jews became proud of their status and despised the Gentiles. Jesus Christ put an end to this, destroying the dividing wall of hostility (Ephesians 2:14). All forms of racism, prejudice, and discrimination are affronts to the work of Christ on the cross.

Jesus commands us to love one another as He loves us (John 13:34). If God is impartial and loves us with impartiality, then we need to love others with that same high standard. Jesus teaches in Matthew 25 that whatever we do to the least of His brothers, we do to Him. If we treat a person with contempt, we are mistreating a person created in God's image; we are hurting somebody whom God loves and for whom Jesus died.

Racism, in varying forms and to various degrees, has been a plague on humanity for thousands of years. Brothers and sisters of all ethnicities, this should not be. Victims of racism, prejudice, and discrimination need to forgive. Ephesians 4:32 declares, "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." Racists may not deserve your forgiveness, but we deserved God's forgiveness far less. Those who practice racism, prejudice, and discrimination need to repent. "Present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God" (Romans 6:13). May Galatians 3:28 be completely realized, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."