November 19, 2011

• Hospitality

  The Word of God has a lot to say about hospitality:

  1 Peter4:9 Show hospitality to one another without grumbling

  Hebrews 13:2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

  Romans 12:13 Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality

  1 Timothy 5:10 And having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work

  And there’s many more verses

  But why in our churches don’t we practice more hospitality?

  Are we more worried about clean houses, than this biblical command?

  Are we more worried about impressing people with fancy meals, than this biblical command?

  Are we too busy to take time to fulfill this biblical command?

  Have we not been trained in hospitality?

  I grew up in a church that was awesome at hospitality! People were always having other people over. It wasn’t uncommon for us to be with our church family all day on Sunday and through out the week. I miss that! I would love to challenge you in 2012 to have at least one family, couple or single person over every other month! So this is my challenge! Would anyone be interested in taking this “hospitality” challenge? Let’s get intentional about hospitality!

  
  

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