"Honor the Elderly" (The Forgotten Ones)

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PLEASE WATCH IN 480P BY CLICKING ABOVE 360P.NOW YOU CAN WATCH IN HIGH QUALITY..We must honor the elderly! We must treat the elderly with dignity, love and respect. How we treat the elderly is a reflection of who we are. We should treat them the way we would want to be treated when we grow old and feeble. Many elderly Christians are full of wisdom and we can learn valuable lessons from them. There are other elderly people we know who are still without Christ and we still need to share the Gospel with them. In the church we are a family, and the older members should be treated like mothers and fathers. We should not neglect or ignore them. There are no generation gaps in the Body of Christ. Every member is equally important. This includes the elderly. Scriptures 1. Lev. 19:32 "You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man and fear your God. 2. James 1:27 "Pure and undefiled religion before God is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble." 3. Psalm 71:18 "Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, till I declare Your power to the next generation." 4. Proverbs 20:29 "The glory of young men is their strength and the splendor of old men is their gray head. 5. Proverbs 23:20 "Listen to your Father who begot you and do not despise your mother when she is old." 6. 1 Tim. 5:1-2 "Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters with all purity." Testimony from Brother David *My first ministry was in an old run down nursing home in 1976. I was a new Christian and the Lord impressed upon my heart to regularly visit the old folks who lived in this home and share the love of God with them. I went by myself and it was a wonderful experience. *In Barbados as a pastor we had an organized ministry to the elderly in nursing homes. Each floor had rows of beds of old Barbadians. We would go sing, testify, fellowship with, and read to these very lonely needy people. On Sunday morning we'd bring a van load to church. Let me tell you - they loved to sing and praise God and listen to the preaching of the Word. They brought great joy to our congregation. *In Guyana, we've had special ministry to the elderly who live in the jungles and who are very, very, poor and are in need of ministry. *Here is the USA, as a family we have "adopted" old Brother Henry, who lives in a nursing home. Henry has no family, so we are him family. He is in a wheel chair and has diabeties. Part of his leg has been amputated. When he comes to church he sits up front in his wheel chair, and as a family we sit right behind him. Henry really loves the Lord. From time to time, we take him special meals and he gets all excited. You should see the smile on this mans face! We took him out to dinner one time and he must have said "thank you" a hundred times. He brings joy to our hearts. At our church, we have a service every other week at two different nursing homes. They are well attended by the old folks who love to sing the hymns and hear the Word of God. I PRAY THAT THIS VIDEO HAS BLESSED YOU AND TOUCHED YOUR HEART. IF YOU HAVE A STORY TO SHARE ABOUT AN ELDERLY PERSON, PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT UNDER THE VIDEO. OTHERS WILL READ IT AND BE BLESSED. God Bless, Brother David