I think young people are tired of not living out their faith, and so they are trying to find real ways to care for the poor because they see that as being essential to Jesus’ teaching.
—Brad Edwards, Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches that Reach Them
HERE ARE SOME WAYS YOU CAN EAT WITH PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW GOD:
MAKE A LIST OF THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE TO SERVE THE 3-5 PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE YOU ARE PRAYING FOR. WHICH ACT OF SERVICE WILL YOU DO THIS WEEK? HOW CAN YOU FIT THAT ACT INTO YOUR SCHEDULE? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO ELIMINATE FROM YOUR LIFE IN ORDER TO SERVE OTHERS IN LOVE?
SOME WAYS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE WHO DO NOT KNOW GOD
- SERVE THROUGH SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS.
- VOLUNTEER TO TAKE CARE OF A TANGIBLE NEED (COOK A MEAL, BABYSIT, SHOVEL SNOW, ETC.)
- MAKE THEIR BIRTHDAY SPECIAL.
- SEND A GREETING CARD.
- JOIN A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT WITH SOMEONE WHO IS JOURNEYING TOWARD GOD.
- OFFER TO PRAY.
- KEEP THEM COMPANY.
- GIVE OR LEND SOMETHING.
- DON’T MISS THE BIG NEEDS – BIRTHS, DEATHS, TRIALS, SICKNESS, AND MORE.
- WHEN YOU LISTEN TO PEOPLE AND EAT WITH THEM, THEY WILL TELL YOU HOW TO LOVE THEM.
WAYS TO ALLOW OTHERS TO RECIPROCATE AND IN TURN SERVE YOU
- ACCEPT INVITATIONS (DINNER, PARTIES, ETC.) AND OFFERS OF HELP.
- SHARE YOUR NEEDS WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS OPENLY
- .BE GENEROUS WITH YOUR GRATITUDE.
