We all remember the story of Nicodemus,  the gentle Pharisee from John Chapter 3, who used to meet secretly with the Lord Jesus! Here was the number one Teacher of the Law (so named by Lord Jesus) who would have had more rank in the Eyes of God than the man the priests really held up – Rabbi Gamaliel (Paul’s mentor)!!

After the Lord Jesus was crucified, it was the rich man Joseph of Arimethea and the Jewish teacher of Israel, Nicodemus, who braved scorn and even their own persecution, to take down the King and bury Him!! Fast forward to 2006 and this over 108 year old Rabbi Yitzhak Kadori – the latest Head Teacher of modern day secular Israel, who was himself an Orthodox  Jewish Rabbi! He knew the Jewish books by memory and was a rebel like all other Orthodox rabbis who deny the Diety of Christ. But in his dying days, he recounted to his 80 year old son, also an orthodox rabbi, that he met the Messiah many times!

He wrote down the Name of the Messiah on a note not to be opened for one year after his death. Watch this video to see the rest of the story and then find the website which broke the story. While this happened in 2007, the Lord has brought it to my attention in November 2010, for us to think on these things and His Return one day in the near future.

The questions we must ask – Are we all ready to meet Him and are our loved ones and friends??!!!

“The silver-haired head is a crown of glory, If it is found in the way of righteousness.” (NKJV)

All Seniors want to know is someone cares.

As another year draws to a close, we hear it everywhere: “man, time is going by quickly”…or “where did the year go” and so on. It used to be when we were young whipper snappers, we couldn’t wait to get old! Then we got old and oh… to be young again! Then, it used to be that only older folks would say the years are going faster as the grey hairs added on…or disappeared entirely. But now, even young people are complaining it is going by too fast!!

How do we ‘splain this phenomenon?! Well, if we entirely thinking in the worldly sense, we could say, well – think of life as a roll of bathroom tissue. The close you get to the end of the roll, the faster the sheets fly off it! Well, extrapolate that to the Bible. LIKE IT OR NOT – THESE ARE THE END TIMES…and not just because all the prophesies of Scripture point to it! But we are seeing these events unfolding right before our eyes!

So what do we do? Well, we look into our hearts and develop a passion for God’s people! For example, Senior Retirement Centers (whether assisted living or otherwise) are full of so many lost and lonely people, we have a veritable field of Ministry just waiting for missionaries like you and I! We don’t need any vaccine shots, passports and fundraising for overseas travel for this – all you need is love (Beatles 1967)!!

Who lives in these homes? Well, they are not just parents and relatives, but folks who were just working down with hall in the office just a couple years ago….or were put there by their family (who never heard of the only Commandment with a condition…honor your father and mother….). Having gone to pass out Gideon Bibles in different towns in Illinois since the mid 1990’s to minister with my wife, kids and her parents (Sonshine Outreach Ministries), I can testify to the urgency of not just ministering in song and smiles to them…but getting them the Gospel now!! They have a desperate need to be saved!!! I don’t care if they don’t know it yet, but they are closer to meeting Jesus than most of us are.

When ministering to Seniors, preach the Gospel...sometimes use Hymns and songs of Praise!

So, in order to keep this short, what can you and I do? Start by figuring out what gift God gave you. Is it Mercy, compassion or caring for the sick? Buy some Gospel tracts. Christmas is coming, well, go ahead and call a nursing home and take some fruit or hand towels or even a talking bird! Take your guitar and sing them some songs then read the Bible to them…tell them your testimony….I can go on for hours here! There are many opportunities like these in almost any town in America. It is the largest unreached people group as most churches won’t go there…the same way the churches won’t do street evangelism – (same reason – not flashy enough, I guess).

In other words, we know the answer. Let’s do as Charles Spurgeon, the Prince of Preachers once said “brothers and sisters – Do something, do something, DO SOMETHING”!!! If you have any information or need help starting a senior ministry in your town, feel free to email me or leave a comment here or on Facebook!

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