Examining Scripture: “Distributing to the necessity of saints;given to hospitality."Romans 12:13 Evaluating Soil: In God’s Word, we see instructions and themes that involve love, grace, fruitfulness, and sharing. It’s pretty obvious that, in following Christ’s example, we as Christians should be the most sensitive, selfless, sharing, and sacrificial people our family, friends, church, ...
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Examining Scripture: “Distributing to the necessity of saints;given to hospitality."Romans 12:13 Evaluating Soil: Helping others requires a spirit of hospitality. Without it, we’re not likely to open our hearts, homes, and hands to someone else’s needs. On the other hand, if others don’t see a heartfelt benevolence expressed with sincere love and compassion, they aren’t likely to believe ...
Continue ReadingDistributing to the Necessity with Our Homemaking
Examining Scripture: “Distributing to the necessity of saints;given to hospitality."Romans 12:13 Evaluating Soil: Our homes and homemaking skills are great resources for helping our fellow Christians. God has blessed many of us with opportunities and resources to share our time, talents and treasures with others. However, not everyone is in the position in life to help others, and ...
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Examining Scripture: “Distributing to the necessity of saints;given to hospitality."Romans 12:13 Evaluating Soil: We all know people with needs. They live next to us, are related to us, work with us, eat with us, wait on us, fix things for us, take care of us, depend on us, hang out with us, and generally do life with us. We could spend 24/7 distributing to their needs. Truth is, we’re ...
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Examining Scripture: “Rejoicing in hope;patient in tribulation;continuing instant in prayer;"Romans 12:12 Evaluating Soil: Whether we have a large or small garden, the goal is to see growth and a harvest. It doesn’t matter if you have a farm with acres of gardens, some hanging plants, a few container gardens, or a single houseplant. All gardening starts with hope. It also comes with some ...
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