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Helping in Ways that Are Helpful

“When it is in your power, don’t withhold good from the one to whom it belongs. Don’t say to your neighbor, ‘Go away! Come back later. I’ll give it tomorrow’—when it is there with you.”
‭‭(Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭27‬-‭28‬ ‭CSB‬‬ – Read the chapter)

You’ve almost certainly had this experience before: you are driving down the road or sitting in traffic, and you see it. A person sitting out standing on the side of the road looking rough and holding a sign asking for help. Perhaps you have been approached by someone on the street asking for money. What do you do? Knowing how to help a neighbor in need is hard. But one thing that is clear in the Scriptures is that we are supposed to help. Let’s talk about it.

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Digging in Deeper: 1 Timothy 5:4

“But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.”  (ESV – Read the chapter)

What follows here is Paul offering Timothy some advice on how to establish and create guidelines for a program of caring for widows in his church.  There is much to comment on here, but let’s settle now for a few observations on some themes. Read the rest…