We had 79 people at Deaf Café last week Praise the Lord. We had positive response from many audience members. But remember, our work is not yet finished. The praise is not ours. The honor and the glory belong to God. I mentioned at the feedback meeting that we practice and practice for how WE think the program should Go. But God will still put on the program HE wants. Look at Luke 10:2 – "These were his instructions to them: "The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields."

Jesus’ ministry included both physical and spiritual healing because the concerns of the ordinary people of Jesus’ day were demons and sickness, and the two were very closely related. People believed in layers of powers that existed between God and humanity. It was believed that these powers interfered with nature and human life.

If we stop and think about it for a minute, things aren’t much different today, are they? There are still powers of evil that exist between God and humanity. Demons are still present today. They just have different names.

Today we have the demons of alcoholism and drug abuse among us. We have the demon of domestic violence and abuse that we see paraded on Oprah, and The Jerry Springer Show. We have the demon of addiction and oppression. Some of the demons have names and others don’t. We all have our own personal demons that we struggle with. Demons among us today just as they were in the time of Jesus, and we have just as many people who are spiritually sick today as were back then.

We are left with the question, what do we do about it? How do we overcome evil in the world? Do we sit in church and listen to someone preach about it and walk out shaking our heads saying, "How awful!" and then go on with life as usual ? Or, do you try and do something about it to make a difference. As Christians, we are all called to do something about the ills of society. Positive changes in our society will not come about until there are more people in this world who know God, and are willing to share God with those who don’t know God.

That is what Deaf Café is all about. Praise God we have this opportunity to go into God’s field and work.