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Serve in the Name of Jesus

This past Sunday, my message was " Church is a verb: people who serve in the name of Jesus ." (To hear the message, go here .) I described how Peter and John served the deepest need of the beggar who asked them for money by telling him , " Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth walk ." ( Acts 3:6 ) I challenged each of us to serve the emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of others in the name of Jesus without prejudice and we would see great and wonderful things happen like Peter and John did. The Wish 100 inaugural bike rally was a way for some of us to serve the need of children with serious illnesses in the name of Jesus. We did this as riding as Team Legacy . Here are some of us at the start line. 104 Team Legacy members rode among the 1400+ riders to raise funds for the Make-a-Wish Foundation of North Texas . We were the largest team ! Some team members rode with the mayors of six cities carryi