Happy Valentine's Day from
Jack Shaw Ministries International*
A Valentine's Day message from Jack Shaw
As we approach the holiday, it is easy to forget that other people in other places of the world, such as Kenya, are not celebrating. 
 
Please keep the people and the situation in Kenya in prayer.  Please feel free to send your prayer requests to us at JSMI.
 

You may help our work in Kenya by mailing
your contributions to Jack Shaw Ministries International at P.O. Box 5250, Johnstown, PA 15904

"Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor! 
The Lord rescues them when they are in trouble.  The Lord protects them and keeps them alive. 
He gives them prosperity in the land and rescues
them from their enemies." (Psalm 41:1-2 NIV)

You may also contact us with your prayer requests
or to make a credit card contribution via
telephone Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST at
814.269.3377 or
800.537.1714
 

Love, an Active Verb 

 

"God is love" (1 John 4:16 ­-NIV) and, "No doubt about it! God is good - good to good people, good to the good-hearted." (Psalm 73:1­-MSG)

 

Ruth was a selfless example of love and goodness. When both her father-in-law and her husband died, Ruth lovingly clung to her grief stricken mother-in-law, Naomi, and vowed to follow, comfort, and care for her 'until death'. 

 

"Look," said Naomi, "your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her."

 

But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me." (Ruth 1:15-17 ­-NIV)

 

God sees all, and rewards those who do 'good'; His loving favor in the life of Ruth is a great example. While gleaning remnants of grain from newly harvested fields for her and her mother-in-law, providentially she was 'noticed' by Boaz, a man of great wealth, who directed his servants to show respectful favor to Ruth.

 

"At this, (Ruth) bowed down with her face to the ground. She exclaimed, 'Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me-a foreigner?' Boaz replied, 'I've been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given by the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.' " (Ruth 2: 10-12 ­-NKJV)

 

Through God's sovereign love and favor, Boaz would soon become Ruth's soul mate, her loving husband, and ultimately included in the ancestry of Jesus Christ.

 

This Valentine's Day, let us remember to not just speak love, but to also show our love through deeds of kindness toward those we love. Someone, unseen by us, may be secretly watching, waiting and ready to reward us openly.  Remember, the heart of the heavens is still perfect love.

 
"Everything we know about God's Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That's an act of true freedom." (Gal 5:14 --MSG)
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Jack at Kenya crusade 3aKenya crisis in the news!
 
The post-election violence continues in Kenya, near the site of the soon-to-be-built Grace Christian Mission Hospital (GCMH). 
 
Contributing to JSMI is a easy and effective way to help those suffering from the ravages of Kenya's political unrest.  The uprising has delayed the start of our construction, but the need continues and JSMI is preparing to continue its crusades and its mission to provide medical and spiritual help to Kenya and its people.
 
You may help our work in Kenya by mailing  your contributions to Jack Shaw  Ministries International at P.O. Box 5250,  Johnstown, PA 15904
 
"Oh, the joys of those who are kind to
the poor!  The Lord rescues them when they are in
trouble.  The Lord protects them and keeps them alive.  He gives them prosperity in the land and rescues them from their enemies." (Psalm 41:1-2-NIV)
Jack talks about the ministry's Grace Christian Mission Hospital project in Kenya and much more in Charisma magazine. 
Read the article here.
Please help our mission in Kenya TODAY!
*Jack Shaw Ministries International is a part of
Jack Shaw Minisistries
Box 5250
Johnstown, PA 15904
814.269.3377 or 800.537.1714