Here I Am, Lord

Here I Am, Lord

Cultivating a Tender Heart for the Lost

by Luis Palau

HERE I AM, LORD Cultivating a Tender Heart for the Lost

Copyright ? 2009 Luis Palau All rights reserved.

"Here I Am, Lord" Text and music ? 1981, OCP.

Published by OCP. 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213.

All rights reserved. Used by permission.

In the summer of 2009, Luis Palau spoke to a small group of ministry

friends in Sunriver, Oregon.

This booklet is a transcription of that message.

CULTIVATING A TENDER HEART FOR THE LOST

Here I Am, Lord

I want to read just a few verses from Matthew 18: 1-6. Keep an eye for what Jesus did here in this chapter:

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

"And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea."

And in another passage a bit further down (Matthew 18: 10-14) Jesus is still speaking:

"See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven

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always see the face of my Father in heaven. What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninetynine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost."

That's why I do what I do. That's why I am an evangelist. I proclaim God's Good News Gospel so that none of these little ones should be lost--none!

Why Am I Committed?

I heard a song in Scotland the other day. We were launching an evangelistic festival publicly in a local church with about 800 people. During the launch they sang this song. I pray that the Lord will use it in your heart like He used it in my heart. Let me read it:

I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard my people cry. All who dwell in dark and sin

My hand will save.

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I, who made the stars at night, I will make the darkness bright. Who will bear my light to them?

Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?

I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me.

I will hold your people in my heart.

I, the Lord of snow and rain, I have borne my people's pain. I have wept for love of them.

They turned away. I will break their hearts of stone, Give them hearts with love alone.

Speak my word to them. Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?

I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me.

I will hold your people in my heart. I will hold your people in my heart.

By Dan Schutte ?1981, OCP. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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