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December 28
Meeting the Needs of Others
Bible in a Year :
Zechariah 5–8
Revelation 19
If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset.
Exodus 22:26
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Today's Scripture & Insight :
Phillip’s father suffered from severe mental illness and had left home to live on the streets. After Cyndi and her young son Phillip spent a day searching for him, Phillip was rightly concerned for his dad’s well-being. He asked his mother whether his father and other people without homes were warm. In response, they launched an effort to collect and distribute blankets and cold-weather gear to homeless people in the area. For more than a decade, Cyndi has considered it her life’s work, crediting her son and her deep faith in God for awakening her to the hardship of being without a warm place to sleep.
The Bible has long taught us to respond to the needs of others. In the book of Exodus, Moses records a set of principles to guide our interaction with those who lack plentiful resources. When we’re moved to supply the needs of another, we’re to “not treat it like a business deal” and should make no gain or profit from it (Exodus 22:25). If a person’s cloak was taken as collateral, it was to be returned by sunset “because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in?” (v. 27).
Let’s ask God to open our eyes and hearts to see how we can ease the pain of those who are suffering. Whether we seek to meet the needs of many—as Cyndi and Phillip have—or those of a single person, we honor Him by treating them with dignity and care.
By: Kirsten Holmberg
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December 28
Meeting the Needs of Others
Bible in a Year :
Zechariah 5–8
Revelation 19
If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset.
Exodus 22:26
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Today's Scripture & Insight :
Phillip’s father suffered from severe mental illness and had left home to live on the streets. After Cyndi and her young son Phillip spent a day searching for him, Phillip was rightly concerned for his dad’s well-being. He asked his mother whether his father and other people without homes were warm. In response, they launched an effort to collect and distribute blankets and cold-weather gear to homeless people in the area. For more than a decade, Cyndi has considered it her life’s work, crediting her son and her deep faith in God for awakening her to the hardship of being without a warm place to sleep.
The Bible has long taught us to respond to the needs of others. In the book of Exodus, Moses records a set of principles to guide our interaction with those who lack plentiful resources. When we’re moved to supply the needs of another, we’re to “not treat it like a business deal” and should make no gain or profit from it (Exodus 22:25). If a person’s cloak was taken as collateral, it was to be returned by sunset “because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in?” (v. 27).
Let’s ask God to open our eyes and hearts to see how we can ease the pain of those who are suffering. Whether we seek to meet the needs of many—as Cyndi and Phillip have—or those of a single person, we honor Him by treating them with dignity and care.
By: Kirsten Holmberg
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee] Sgt (Join to see) Maj Kim Patterson] SFC Ralph E Kelley SPC (Join to see) SSG William Jones SSG Paul Endes CPL Douglas Chrysler PO1 H Gene Lawrence Lt Col Charlie Brown PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT Ruben Lozada A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney PO3 Charles Lewis SPC (Join to see) CPL LaForest Gray
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If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset.
Exodus 22:26
Then Meet Him At His Front Door & Toss His Cloak Over His Heads, And Haul Him Off Before Midnight,
He Won't Be Missed Until Dawn; And By Then, We'll Be Far Down The Road, Never To Be Seen Again.
Exit 12:15 am, stage left
Exodus 22:26
Then Meet Him At His Front Door & Toss His Cloak Over His Heads, And Haul Him Off Before Midnight,
He Won't Be Missed Until Dawn; And By Then, We'll Be Far Down The Road, Never To Be Seen Again.
Exit 12:15 am, stage left
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