Tag: What the Bible says about helping others

1 Corinthians 12:28 (NKJV) 28 And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.

And God has appointed these in the church.

But today, let’s look at one that is probably the least desired; the gift that everyone wants to leave for others to do.

Helps.

This gift has been given to the church. How do we walk in such a gift? By the leading of the Holy Spirit.

He will guide us in our gift of helps. He will guide us as to who to help, when to help, and how to help.

This gift is crucial and frequently overlooked. There are so many who are suffering and hurting in this world. Help is needed everywhere, in every place, and at any moment.

It’s needed to be functioning within, and outside of, the church.

How do we help?

Luke 10:33-35 (NKJV) 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.’

This is a perfect example of the gift of helps.

When we see a need, we must see through the eyes of Jesus and let Him move us with His compassion.

Then we cry out to Him for guidance as to how to help. We care for them in the way that the Holy Spirit guides us. We go the extra mile. We don’t think about it; we just do what He leads us to do in that moment.

His guidance in the gift of helps is very much needed and will keep us balanced in all that we do. Remember that as we do whatever it is, it is all for the glory of God!

Amen 🙏

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Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV) 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

As we recently celebrated Thanksgiving Day here in America, I got up early to prepare my turkey and side dishes.

After dinner I rested and ended up falling asleep. Naps after Thanksgiving dinner are the best!

When I woke up from my nap, my next door neighbors were on my heart. I felt like God wanted me to bring them over some food.

They are an older couple, in their 80’s, and I think of them frequently, especially if they have been sick or are having health complications.

But today was different. I didn’t know if they needed anything.

God literally put them on my heart. And I had a million excuses as to why I shouldn’t bring a dish over to them. But I did it anyway.

They were very grateful and couldn’t thank us enough for thinking of them on this day. God is so good! He always knows what others need.

What caught my attention the most about this was that we should never think that everyone is OK just because of what we see on the surface, or what we may know about them.

We must listen to that still small voice that speaks to our spirit.

Obey it; we can’t try to talk ourselves out of doing good things for people just because we can’t see the need from our own perspective.

Whether it’s a hot meal or just checking in on someone, whatever God puts on our hearts, we shouldn’t question it or reason it away.

Do what He is asking us to do; it touches the lives of others and shows His love through our actions. We represent Him every day we are alive. When people see our good works, they see Him!

1 Corinthians 12:27 (NKJV) 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

Who has He laid on your heart today?

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1 Corinthians 13:4-5 (NKJV) 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil…

Being kind is something we all must practice every day, even when we are focused on getting something done. Taking a few minutes to stop and show kindness is good for us.

Just the other day, we were out for a bike ride. As we zoomed past an elderly woman, we happened to notice that the trunk of her car was open, so we yelled to ask her, “do you need any help?”

As we passed by, we heard her say something but couldn’t make out what it was, so we quickly went back to see what it was.

To our surprise, she said, “yes!”

We parked our bikes and went to meet her. Unbeknownst to us, we learned she had just had hand surgery.  And was in much need of help carrying her groceries.

You just never know how God wants to use you to hug on someone.

We helped carry in her groceries and spent a few minutes chatting with her. We left her our phone number to call if she needed any other help in the future.

Kindness has many ways of showing itself. We just need to be ready to let it loose when God opens that door.

Back on our bikes we went, with our hearts feeling grateful and happy we could exercise some love and kindness.

Praise be to God!

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