Introduce Jesus: the only hope!

When the parents are slaves to alcohol and drugs, the children suffer. In a clinic in Ukraine, lie many young children suffering from tuberculosis. They are either orphaned or abandoned by an abusive family.

But there is also Oksana Chernota, a volunteer who tells the children about Jesus. Every week she goes to the clinic to sing with them, play games, and teach them the Bible.

"My heart is just for them, to teach them the Bible because that is their only hope. There is no other hope but God," she said.

"You have to play; you have to talk to them; you have to know their need; what their pain is; what their sorrows are; what they like to do. Then they open their hearts, then they attach to you, and then you can show them what Jesus can do for them," she said.

The doctor says many of these children have stopped smoking because of Chernota's influence.

Jesus said, "do not stop the little children from coming to Me". An abusive family, a drug-addicted parent, no roof to call as their shelter, no assurance of their next meal - all of these can stop them from reaching God's love. That's when we need to be God's hands, God's feet and share the love of God in a practical way.

Remember, God didn't stop with words of love toward us, but sent His only Son to suffer and die for us. He is a God of action. We need to be His children of action.