Yesterday was a travel day. Cheryl and I joined our son-in-law and 9 others from his congregation in Colleyville, Texas and travelled to Del Rio, a part of Texas I have never visited before. For the next three days we will help build a house just outside Acuna, Mexico for a needy family. I am not sure how much time I will have to write devotions for the next couple of days, but I will try.

In the early hours of this morning – with that extra hour from “falling back” – I took some time to read God’s Word. I read through 1 John. The following passage reminds me why I am here right now.

1 John 3:16–20 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

We are making a concerted effort to share Jesus with actions and in truth. It just so happens that we are building a house for fellow believers in Christ, but we hope our actions will also speak loudly to those who have not yet come to know Jesus as Lord and Savior. I am bold enough to ask my readers to pray for the twelve of us down here. Pray for our safety and that we would let the light of Christ shine through us. Please pray for Terry, Bob, Martin, Jack, Richard, Dave, Ann, Abby, Melody, Renee, Cheryl and Mike.

God bless you as you live for Him today.