Make A Difference

Make A Difference
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Make A Difference : Responding to God's Call to Love the World

Description of Make A Difference:

Dr. Mel Cheatham, a successful neurosurgeon with a thriving private practice, found himself at the age of fifty feeling empty. He had it all. And yet he knew something was missing—the peace and joy that comes from showing God’s love to others. Then one day he heard Franklin Graham speak about the desperate need for doctors in developing countries, and in that message, Mel heard God speaking directly to his heart. He gave up a private neurosurgery practice and devoted himself to full-time medical relief work and evangelism projects in developing and war-torn countries. Mel Cheatham found out what it means to Make A Difference. In Make A Difference, Mel shares the stories of dozens of people who have risked it all to gain what they cannot lose—people who learned to listen to God and respond to His call to love the world. You’ll read about: Through these and many other stories, and through the use of Scripture, Melvin will help you listen to God’s still, small voice, calling you to Make A Difference, to show His love to a world in need.

Information on Make A Difference from the publisher:

At the Age of 50, Dr. Melvin Cheatham was tired of just talking about his faith. Despite having all the signs of a fruitful life -- a loving wife, beautiful children, a thriving medical practice, and material comfort -- a desire stirred inside him to make a greater difference in the world. Within weeks of hearing Franklin Graham discuss the need for overseas mission doctors, Dr. Cheatham found himself on a mission trip to South Korea. And then to Kenya, Honduras, the former Soviet Union, Somalia, and Rwanda. Then Bosnia, Kosovo, the Congo, Vietnam, Iraq, and North Korea. And the trips haven't stopped. For the past twenty years, this heralded neurosurgeon has opted for a life of continual risk, using his God-given skills to bring aid to areas of the world where people feel abandoned and forgotten.But Dr. Cheatham isn't the only one risking his life for the unloved. In Make A Difference, he shares the powerful testimonies of others who have abandoned their security for the sake of loving through action. From a German-born Christian who gave her kidney to a Jewish neighbor she hardly knew, to a North Carolina well digger with little formal education who used his skills to bring clean water to thousands of people in war-torn Ethiopia, these are people who desire to be the hands and feet of Christ. These are the ones -- old, young, men, women, educated, simple -- who reached the same breaking point as Dr. Cheatham and decided to risk all to demonstrate God's love.Read their moving stories and discover the life-changing principles that caused them to respond to God's call to love unconditionally. The truth is, whoever or wherever you are, whatever your current or past situation, you can make an impact on the world around you -- you too can Make A Difference.

Description of Melvin Cheatham, author of Make A Difference:

At the age of 50, Dr. Melvin Cheatham was tired of just talking about his faith. Despite having all the signs of a fruitful life a desire stirred inside him to make a greater difference in the world. Within weeks of hearing Franklin Graham discuss the need for overseas mission doctors, Dr. Cheatham found himself on a mission trip to South Korea. And the trips haven't stopped. For the past twenty years, this heralded neurosurgeon has opted for a life on continual risk, using his God given skills to bring aid to areas of the world where people feel abandoned and forgotten. In Make A Difference, he shares the powerful testimonies of others who have abandoned their security for the sake of loving through action. These are the ones - old, young, men, and women, educated, simple - who reached the same breaking point as Dr. Cheatham and decided to risk all to demonstrate God's love.