{"id":45176,"date":"2022-10-01T01:42:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T06:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/the-need-for-hospitality-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T01:42:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T06:42:32","slug":"the-need-for-hospitality-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/the-need-for-hospitality-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"The Need For Hospitality &#8211; Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The biblical word for hospitality means &#8220;lover of strangers&#8221; (cf. Hebrews 13:2 &#8211; NKJV) Sometimes people who visit the Lord&#8217;s church feel unwelcome because no one greets them or notices them. However, hospitality can break down barriers and build bridges. It can make strangers feel more welcome than just a word in the church bulletin.<\/p>\n<p>Inviting someone into our homes for coffee, visiting and encouraging the sick in the hospital, taking a meal to those who are sick &#8220; all of  these good deeds show that we care. People listen to someone who cares. Beginning today, let&#8221;s invite some folks into our homes, showing them genuine Christian hospitality (Romans 12:9-13 &#8211; NKJV; 1 Peter 4:9 &#8211; NKJV).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The good we do is never lost,<br \/> Each kindly act takes root;<br \/> And every bit of love we sow<br \/> In time will bear its fruit.<\/em> &#8220;Anonymous<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biblical word for hospitality means &#8220;lover of strangers&#8221; (cf. Hebrews 13:2 &#8211; NKJV) Sometimes people who visit the Lord&#8217;s church feel unwelcome because no one greets them or notices them. However, hospitality can break down barriers and build bridges. It can make strangers feel more welcome than just a word in the church bulletin. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/the-need-for-hospitality-bible-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Need For Hospitality &#8211; Bible study&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}