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READ: MATTHEW 18:12-14; 25:34-40\n\n\n\nHave you ever known a really good pastor? Someone who takes the time to get to know the people of their church, teach them, counsel them, and lend a hand when things go wrong. Someone who goes above and beyond with their wisdom and loving service. Someone who, while they still have their flaws, really makes a difference in other people\u2019s lives.\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve always wondered why some pastors can be really excellent leaders and still only have a very small church. For years my grandmother went to a church with only three other people. I found their pastor to be incredibly wise, yet he had a surprisingly small congregation. That didn\u2019t make sense to me. Why would God allow such a gifted and influential speaker to only have an impact on a small number of people?\n\n\n\nBut then I realized, since God cares for each of us individually, God values this pastor\u2019s work of ministering to a small number just as much as He values the work of pastors who minister to churches filled with thousands of people. My grandmother loves Jesus, but she lived in a very isolated area where most people had no interest in learning or teaching from the Bible, yet this one pastor devoted a lot of time and effort to strengthen and encourage her. And that\u2019s something God has called all of us to do.\n\n\n\nMaybe you\u2019ve been trying to share Jesus\u2019s love with someone, and you\u2019ve felt like it\u2019s going nowhere. Or perhaps you have a small number of people you\u2019re ministering to, and you wonder why that number hasn\u2019t grown. But even if you\u2019re only able to reach one person, that one person means the world to God. And even the smallest differences you make can have a tremendous impact. Remember, God cares for the one. God cares for you. \u2022 Christina Cheng\n\n\n\n\u2022 Have you ever felt like what you\u2019re doing isn\u2019t making a difference, or like you\u2019re wasting your talents on something small? God sees everything you do, and when you give of yourself to one person, that means as much to Him as if you had taken care of a hundred.\n\n\n\n\u2022 Have you ever felt like your life wasn\u2019t worth investing in? God doesn\u2019t think so! When Jesus came to die on the cross for your sins, He proved how precious your life is to Him. Even after we trust Jesus as our Savior, He is continuously interested in guiding our hearts and drawing us into deeper relationship with Himself.\n\n\n\n\u201cThe King will reply, \u2018Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.\u2019\u201d Matthew 25:40 (NIV)