Continuing the series on "The Core", Pastor Larry today did preach
Impacting the communities and nations is the focus of outreach
By lovingly serving and preaching the good news to all
Per Matthew 28:19, we can follow Jesus' clarion call
Brian, about his eight years in Turkey, did with us then willingly share
Sharing the truth with others has become his commonplace, not rare
The same approach works both in countries afar and Singapore near
That is the way to do outreach with the various communities here
Ana then shared about her recent experience in a shopping mall
She invited a Vietnamese couple to worship in our movie hall
The transiting couple later treated her family to a very nice lunch
As a result of her proactivity, everyone was blessed quite a bunch
Pastor Larry said that being willing to follow God's prompting is key
Jesus was often filled with compassion, as in passages we can see
There are three accounts of how the leper jesus did heal
But only in Mark 1:40-42 do we read how Jesus did feel
When we allow the Holy Spirit to fill us with compassion
We can in a similar way let it motivate our resulting action
For the Spirit can help us sense what others are going through
That should then help guide us in what we should say and to do
Remember that spiritual lepers is what in a sense we all are
But despite our sinfulness, Jesus wants us to be close not far
We can all be reconciled with God, for we all have lots of value
It is only when we fail to call to Jesus for help that should rue
When we reach out to others, many lives we might impact
Especially when we are moved by compassion - that's a fact
Then the question becomes if we are willing or not
In other words, whether our outreach is cold or hot
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