The document is an appeal letter from a ministry calling on readers to help heal the world through love and prayer during difficult times. It makes 3 key points: 1) The COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest have caused much suffering, but God calls us to overcome hatred with love as Jesus demonstrated on the cross. 2) We must forgive others as God forgives us so that our hearts are right and we can pray for love to transform lives worldwide. 3) The ministry is committed to training pastors worldwide and needs support through prayer and donations to reach all 195 nations with God's love.

1. Dear Friends:
I cannot name an individual who was drawn to Christ apart from someone else.
Somebody was living with integrity. Somebody was praying. Somebody was loving
them. I also can’t think of a day in my lifetime when the world needed to be drawn to
Christ more.
This year, the COVID-19 pandemic has swept into the homes of the healthy and
the unhealthy, costing each of us something—stability, loved ones, togetherness. In
the midst of that global pandemic, the United States has seen deep-rooted hate and
prejudice explode into brutal violence and civil unrest. I’ve heard of neighbors killing
neighbors . . . friends betraying each other . . . men, women, and even children dying
by suicide.
Reflecting on all this, I can’t get the apostle John’s words out of my mind:
This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us
and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
Dear friends, since God loved us that much,
we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God.
But if we love each other, God lives in us,
and his love is brought to full expression in us.
(1 John 4:10–12)
Read those words carefully. If you have believed in Jesus Christ, the Spirit of God
lives in you! That means you will never be abandoned or ignored. He’s got your back.
His Spirit in you also means He will give you eyes to see the heartbreak beneath
people’s actions and attitudes you otherwise couldn’t understand. He’s enabled you to
love with HIS love. Love that forgives and drives out fear! Love that binds
up wounds and sets captives free! Love that says, “Go and make disciples
of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19)!
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2. Does your heart long to see the world healed from the inside out by love? If your answer is
YES! you must carefully consider your role in Jesus’ Great Commission.
As a first step, get your own heart right. Ask the Lord to show you any hatred, prejudice, or
unforgiveness in you, to help you choose to love and forgive and let the healing you’ve been longing
to see in the world start with you. Remember what Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount:
“If you forgive those who sin against you,
your heavenly Father will forgive you.
But if you refuse to forgive others,
your Father will not forgive your sins.”
(Matthew 6:14–15)
I discuss the process of forgiveness in my two-part series Finding Healing Through Forgiveness.
In the first message, “Looking Back: Clearing Away the Trash We Regret,” I turn to Joel to see how
to forgive the unforgiveable. In the second message, “Finding Healing Through Forgiveness” from
Matthew, Cynthia shares her moving testimony of how forgiving according to God’s Word enabled
her to overcome a long, painful battle with depression and anger.
To help you experience the same freedom, Cynthia would like to give you this special two-
part series as a gift. You can download it at www.insight.org/findhealing or request the two-CD
set by sending in the enclosed reply form. She wants everyone to hear these messages that are
truly perfect for our times!
When your heart is right, commit to praying for love to transform lives in every nation.
Plead with God daily for at least a month to bring restoration to humanity. Use the enclosed card to
join Insight for Living Ministries in prayer every day. Live every day with integrity and faithfully
pray several times a day like Daniel did. Don’t give up—no matter the “lions” that roar.
Remember, the angel closed the mouths of Daniel’s lions . . . and when he emerged from that
pit unscathed, the king decreed that everyone should worship Daniel’s God who “rescues and
saves his people” (Daniel 6:27).
As you pray, ask the Lord how you can partner with Insight for Living Ministries to help heal
the world from the inside out. We are committed to training pastors to model and proclaim God’s
love and make disciples worldwide. We long to see the Lord “let the oppressed go free, and remove
the chains that bind people” (Isaiah 58:6)! He has put the entire world on our hearts, and we won’t
stop until we have reached all 195 nations.
If your heart matches ours, pray seriously about giving to Insight for Living Ministries or
becoming a Monthly Companion of Grace . . . then give as the Lord leads and don’t delay. The
Spirit of Daniel’s God is in us! The world is waiting. Let’s change it together by loving and praying
for each other with fervor and faith.
Believing in the power of prayer and love,
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