9/25/2023 0 Comments Loving my jesus telling my story![]() ![]() Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.” 20. “But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.” 19. “What should we do then?” the crowd asked. I will support him to learn to the level he wants to reach.” (©2018 World Vision /photo by Meron Belay) 18. “All my children have graduated from school. Getachew spent years in child labor, but now Negash is helping him continue his education. “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ ” Getachew, age 15, with Negash, 67, a community care coalition member who took Getachew in under foster care. “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” 17. This is what the Lord Almighty said: “Administer true justice show mercy and compassion to one another.” New Testament: 16. He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter- when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?” 14. (©2019 World Vision /photo by Jon Warren) 13. The volunteer-run organization sometimes feeds 1,000 people a day. World Vision partners with Fundacion Venezolanos en Cucuta, which provides hot meals for breakfast and lunch and other services to migrants. ![]() Soup kitchen near the Colombia/Venezuela border crossing. Take up the cause of the fatherless plead the case of the widow. Speak up and judge fairly defend the rights of the poor and needy. Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor. Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done. (©2018 World Vision /photo by Abhishek Ashish Hans, Jim Kaso) 9. Sumit and his friend on their way to the education center run by World Vision India. Proverbs 17:17Ī friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God. Proverbs 3:27ĭo not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act. Rescue the weak and needy deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” 6. “How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? Defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Psalm 41:1īlessed are those who have regard for the weak the Lord delivers them in times of trouble. (©2018 World Vision /photo by Laura Reinhardt) 4. On a Sunday afternoon, Lightwell, 10 carries his 3-year-old sister, Abigail, through fields toward a World Vision reading camp, which is part of a World Vision literacy program in Zambia. Job 6:14Īnyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. ![]() ![]() Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land. There will always be poor people in the land. If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need. (All verses from the New International Version.) Here are 30 of our favorite verses about God’s call to love others. The call to love is often difficult, but it’s also a reminder of how God loves us: relentlessly, completely, and without expectation of return. We’re to love our neighbors, foreigners, our enemies … there’s no getting out of it. The call to love and help others in tangible ways - especially those weaker than ourselves - runs throughout the Bible. And he wants us to show that love to others. He wants us to experience incredible, life-changing love, mercy, and compassion not only from him, but from those around us. Note: Images taken prior to the CDC’s recommendation to wear masks in public. ![]()
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