Messy Christianity…Amazing Love Welcomes Others In
Rom. 12:13 October 1, 2017
Pastor Todd Harker
Scripture Emphasis:
Heb 13:2 “Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.”
Hospitality: the friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. From a scriptural perspective it is being the hands and feet of Jesus in your most treasured environment. It is as old as the Patriarchs – Abraham and Lot. It is demonstrating amazing love within our ministry area.
How to practice Hospitality:
- Get to know their names and their pet’s names and ________ them
- Get to know their _______________ and ask them about them
- Get to know their _____________ and interact with them
- Learn their _________________ and celebrate with them
- In other words, get ______________ of yourself!
- Be ________________ in your relationships!
- Look for ways to be a ______________ to them
- Share with them some of your _____________
- Be _________________ in inviting them in
- Honor and encourage them whenever _____________
- Weep with those who ___________ and mourn with those who ___________
- Share with them your most prized possession – your ___________
- People don’t care what you know until they know that you care!
3 Things that may happen when practicing Hospitality:
- You may learn to ________ it
- You may learn to love ________
- You may be used by God to _________ them
Embrace the Mess
