Examining Scripture: "Not slothful in business;fervent in spirit;serving the Lord;"Romans 12:11 Evaluating Soil: I’m learning that people, much like plants, don’t like to be crowded. Plants thrive with space around them so that they can soak up the sun, air, and water. (Unlike weeds that thrive any place they find a smudge of dirt.) People need space to sit, think, breath, and get ...
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Abhorring Evil & Cleaving to Good in Our Hospitality
Examining Scripture: “Let love be without dissimulation.Abhor that which is evil;cleave to that which is good.Be kindly affectioned one to anotherwith brotherly love;in honour preferring one another;”Romans 12:9-10 Evaluating Soil: Let’s clear off a spot in our social gardens and allow our Creator to nurture good seeds of hospitality in us. He could turn our hearts and homes into ...
Continue ReadingAcknowledging & Applying God’s Gifts to Our Hospitality
Examining Scripture: “Having then gifts differingaccording to the grace that is given to us,whether prophecy, let us prophesyaccording to the proportion of faith;Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering:or he that teacheth, on teaching;Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation:he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity;he that ruleth, with diligence,he that sheweth mercy, with ...
Continue ReadingThinking Humbly & Soberly About Our Hospitality
Examining Scripture: “For I say, through the grace given unto me,to every manthat is among you,not to think of himselfmore highly thanhe ought to think;but to think soberly,according as God hathdealt to every man the measure of faith.For as we havemany members in one body,and all membershave not the same office:So we, being many,are one body in Christ,and every one membersone of ...
Continue ReadingConforming Our Hospitality to God’s Will
Examining Scripture: “And be not conformed to this world:but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable,and perfect, will of God.”Romans 12:2 Evaluating Soil: Okay, I know it’s still winter. But, let’s grab our favorite hoodie and blanket, pour some hot tea, and pull up a shell chair on the porch. As Christian women, who desire ...
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