HOSPITALITY
Hospitality
pictures aspects of God’s generous love in the Gospel.
Jonathan Leeman
Greed and Liberality, Tabletalk, May 2008, p.
15, Used by Permission.
If you are
afraid of hospitality – that you don’t have much personal strength
or personal wealth – good. Then you won’t
intimidate anybody. You will depend all the more on God’s grace. You will
look all the more to the work of Christ and not your own work. And what a
blessing people will get in your simple home or little apartment.
John Piper
This
Momentary Marriage – A Parable of Permanence, Desiring God Foundation,
2008, p. 123, www.DesiringGod.org.
Because we
often associate hospitality with our homes, here are some ways in which we can
use those homes for the good of others. We can offer our homes for:
1.
Home
Bible Studies.
2.
Home
Cell Groups.
3.
A
place for traveling evangelists or conference speakers.
4.
A
place for visiting missionaries.
5.
Sunday
School parties.
6.
Hosting
singles’ groups.
7.
Hosting
youth activities.
8.
Hosting
dinners for the staff or pastors.
9.
Providing
dinners for international students.
10. Hosting Christian singing groups who
may be traveling in our area.
11. A temporary place to stay for those
families who move into our area.
12. Hosting dinners for the senior members
of the church (golden agers).
13. A place for various church committees
to meet.
14. A place where children can be provided
for when their mothers need a day out.
15. By taking in people who do not have a
home.
Curtis Thomas
Life in the Body of Christ, Founders Press, 2006, p. 197-198,
www.founderspress.org. Used by Permission.