Daily Devotional – Thursday, January 23, 2025
Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
1 Peter 4:9 (NKJV)
The apostle Peter exhorts us to welcome others into our homes and hearts without complaining. or harboring bitterness. He reminds us that showing genuine involves how we feel about others as we do it.
Be Hospitable to One Another
Being hospitality was essential in the early church. Believers frequently depended on the generosity of strangers to provide them with food and lodging, especially when preaching the gospel. Although it wasn’t always simple or convenient, this was a necessary way to show love and community.
Even Though our circumstances are different, the call is still the same today. Being hospitable is a chance to show someone how much God loves them, whether that means asking them to dinner, listening to them, or offering assistance.
How to Practise Genuine Hospitality
God expects us to be hospitable without complaining. A heart that has been changed by God’s grace and acknowledges that we are only stewards of His gifts is the source of true hospitality. Our hospitality pleases God when we provide it with joy and thankfulness.
Do you feel obligated to extend hospitality, or are you happy and willing to do so? Ask God to help you extend kindness to a hungry neighbor, a sick person or any other person in need with a cheerful heart.
Keep in mind that you demonstrate Christ’s love and advance His kingdom when you show genuine hospitality to others. Small actions can have a significant impact on someone’s life. The size of your heart, not the volume of your cooking utensils determines how welcoming and kind you are.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, please enable me to welcome others into my home and heart out of joy. and thankfulness rather than obligation.
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