BIBLICAL BASIS FOR THE MINISTRY
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Unity: "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. |
| John 17:24 |
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Love: Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." |
| Matthew 22:37-40 |
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Compassion: When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. |
| Matthew 14:14 |
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Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. |
| Colossians 3:12-13 |
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Sharing: For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' |
| Matthew 25:35,36,40 |
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A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor. |
| Proverbs 22:9 |
| He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses. |
| Proverbs 28:27 |
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Talents: There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 |
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Resources: Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. |
| 1 Peter 4:10 |
| Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow"- when you now have it with you. |
| Proverbs 3:27,28 |
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Need: Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. |
| Philippians 2:4 |
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...blessed is he who is kind to the needy. |
| Proverbs 14:21b |
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Help: Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. |
| Galatians 6:2 |
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"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 him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? |
| Isaiah 58:6,7 |
| To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. |
| Proverbs 21:3 |
| Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. |
| James 1:22 |
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When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?" "Yes, Lord," he said, "you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my lambs." Again Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me?" He answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep." The third time he said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my sheep. |
| John 21:15-17 |
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Hope: But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish. |
| Psalm 9:18 |
| Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD. |
| Psalm 31:24 |
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Works: What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. |
| James 2:14-17,22 |
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Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins. |
| James 4:17 |
| If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered. |
| Proverbs 21:13 |
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"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy." |
| Proverbs 31:8,9 |
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