Oct 4.99: Light For The Day - "Hospitality"

"Remember to welcome strangers, because
some who have done this have welcomed
angels without knowing it. Remember those
who are in prison as if you were in prison
with them. Remember those who are
suffering as if you were suffering with them."
-- Hebrew 13 2,3 (NCV)

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"Hospitality"

Here's suggestion: We should all wear antennas
to work, to church, to school -- antennas that pick
up on people who seem out of place, whose
loneliness shows. 

We should be the one to approach these folks 
and extend friendship to them. Maybe you think
the last thing you need is another friend.
But friendliness -- hospitality -- is a virtue that
brings as much joy to the giver as to the receiver. 

When you extend hospitality to others, you're
not trying to impress people,
you're trying to reflect God to them.

-- Max Lucado
Prayer:
Thy kingdom come, LORD. Let your kingdom
live in the hearts of people, let your kingdom
live in society, let church be strong, and let
your kingdom eternally.

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"For I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
I was naked and you clothed me,
I was sick and you visited me, 
I was in prison and you came to me.'

Then the righteous will answer him, 
'Lord, when did we see thee hungry and
feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink?
And when did we see thee a stranger and
welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee?
And when did we see thee sick or in
prison and visit thee?'

And the King will answer them, 
'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one
of the least of these my brethen,
you did it to me.'

-- Mat 25:35-40 (RSV)