May 13 2025 … Helping The Needy …

May 13 2025 … Helping The Needy   …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Chris Tomlin and the group, We The Kingdom, singing … Reaching For You, declaring our witness of service for the Lord by reaching out to help others in need. 

Giving a "hand up" to those who need it ... 

Highlight Passage: …  Leviticus 25:35 … [NLT] … 

35 On the first day of the festival you must proclaim an official day for holy assembly, when you do no ordinary work.            

…  God, thru Moses, establishes special days of festival for stopping normal work to reach out and help those in need.          

           

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Leviticus 23:35-38  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Moses, declares special, Holy, days when all normal work ceases and God’s people reach out to help those in need.                                                                            

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Highlight Passage (in context)  … Deuteronomy 15:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God, thru Moses, commands His people to share freely with those are needy. 

Reference Passage:</u> … Proverbs 19:17, 22:9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …</b> 

…God’s wisdom, thru Solomon, about giving to help those in need.

Reference Passage: … Matthew 5:42 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus commands His followers to reach out an help this who ask for help.

Reference Passage: … Luke 6:38  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Luke tells of Jesus calling on believers giving to help others in need and being blessed by God for doing so.                         

Reference Passage: …  Acts 20:35 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches fellow Christians, as he had done, … to work hard to help others in need. 

Reference Passage: …  Galatians 6:2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul extols and exhorts fellow Christians to share the burdens of others in need.   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Katara Patton … AT THIS LINK        … related a story about a black man, Gus Thompson, who prior to laws being passed in Coronado, California, making it illegal for blacks and immigrants to buy/sell properties in that area, had rented a home to an asian couple, who later bought the property  and used the proceeds from that property to help students at San Diego State University get an education.    

And that story, as well as God’s word in the Scriptures shared above, provided the ODB author to call for all Christians to reach out (see photo) to and give a hand up to those who need our witness of service in God’s Kingdom and could use a hand up when we’re given the opportunity to help those who need our help.  So, …what could we be doing, … right now,  … TODAY …  to reach out and help those who need a “hand up?”

         

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for opportunities to reach out and give my hand to someone who needs a “hand up” today.

 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray, … again today, … that all of us reading here, will willingly reach out and help someone today who needs our help.  … AMEN

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