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Posts are intended to be read in chronological order, with a new theme starting each week.

A Fair Share

The importance of sharing is one of the basic lessons we teach to children. I've never known a parent or teacher who told their child "You brought the candy - you should keep it all for yourself" or "Billy is lazy - don't give him any."
Why do we find this lesson so hard to apply to ourselves?

Give All You Can

"O that God would enable me once more, before I go hence and am no more seen, to lift up my voice like a trumpet to those who gain and save all they can, but do not give all they can! ...Many of your brethren, beloved of God, have not food to eat; they have not raiment to put on; they have not a place where to lay their head. And why are they thus distressed? Because you impiously, unjustly, and cruelly detain from them what your Master and theirs lodges in your hands on purpose to supply their wants! ...In the name of God, what are you doing?"
John Wesley, Sermon 116

Are We Refusing to Help?

"How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?"
1 John 3:17
The imperative to care for the poor is one of the most consistent requirements of Scripture.