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Accessibility and Inclusion

A neighbor's limitations should invite consideration rather than exclusion. Give particular attention to people easily overlooked in ordinary hospitality.

Aids and Additions

Aids and Additions: There is quite a difference between Aids and Additions.

Being Overlooked

Service to God has value beyond public praise. Do useful work faithfully without making recognition its reward.

Being Single

Unmarried life is not a lesser category of faithfulness. Paul discusses opportunities for undivided service while recognizing different circumstances and responsibilities.

BENEVOLENCE

BENEVOLENCE: church: Acts 2:44,45; 4:32-5:11; 6:1-6; 11:27-30; Rom 15:25-27; 1 Co 16:1-4; 2 Cor 8:4; 9:1,12; 1 Tim 5:3-16. Individual: 1 Tim 5:4,8,16; Matt 15:4-6; 25:31-46; Ester 2:7; Lk 10:25-37; Eph 4:28;…

Business Advertising

Present goods and services honestly. The command to truthful dealing applies even when exaggeration might produce a sale.

Career Ambition

Diligence is good, but advancement must not become an excuse for selfishness or neglect of righteousness. Examine both the goal and the means used to reach it.

Caregiving

Care for vulnerable relatives is meaningful service. Family responsibility and bearing burdens require practical attention as well as sympathetic words.

Chronic Disappointment

Repeated disappointment can wear down resolve. Continue doing good and bring discouragement before God without demanding a particular outcome.

Congregation

Congregation The local body of Christians who come together regularly for worship and join together in Christian service and evangelism.

Customer Service

Patient and honest service reflects concern for another person's good. Do not reserve courtesy for customers who are easy to please.

Deacon

Deacon (literally "servant"). The term is used with general and specific meanings. Generally, it refers to one who serves the Lord without regard to the type of service. Specifically, it refers to…

Dealing with Embarrassment

A mistake can call for correction without becoming a reason to abandon useful service. Humility makes room to learn and continue faithfully.

Denomination

Denomination The organized grouping of congregations with similar names, creeds, beliefs, structures and practices. This concept is foreign to the NT, since Jesus Christ only built one church. The belief that there…

Discouragement in Service

Faithful labor can seem unnoticed or slow to bear fruit. Continue doing good, remembering that service to the Lord has value beyond immediate recognition.

Feeling Inferior

Do not measure every person's usefulness by the same visible ability. The body's different members illustrate the value of varied service.

Generational Differences

Treat older and younger Christians with respect. Age should neither excuse ungodly conduct nor become a reason to dismiss faithful service.

Grandparents' Influence

A grandparent's example and teaching can leave a lasting influence. Encourage sincere faith through faithful words and conduct.

Hope during Long Waiting

Waiting can call for endurance rather than a demand for certainty. Continue in prayer and faithful conduct while circumstances remain unresolved.

Household Responsibilities

Ordinary work at home can be an expression of faithful service. Consider others' needs rather than assuming their labor is owed to you.

ISLAM

ISLAM Matt 1:21, Jn 8:24, 14:6, Acts 4:12, 10:43, 1 Tim 2:5-6

Kindness to Service Workers

Ordinary courtesy should not depend on a person's status. Treat workers as neighbors deserving respect and consideration.