Sincere Milk

Key Verse

“For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.” Deuteronomy 15:11

Text — Deuteronomy 15:7-11

Message

During the time of the early church, the brethren were known as Christ’s followers because of the way they cared for one another. A man named Barnabas was the first to sell his landed property. He then gave the proceeds to the leaders of the church to take care of the needs of the brethren. At a particular time, there was serious need in the church. The brethren contributed lots of things and sent them to the needy.

They did all things together, and there was no one that lacked anything. Jesus still desire that we care for the needy. It is a command from God, when you care for the needy, you are indirectly showing your love and affection to the Lord. The needy are everywhere around us, in your school, church and in our neighbourhood.

We can follow Jesus’ example of caring for the needy to care for them in the following ways: pray for them, share what you have with them, take permission from your parents and give them those clothes and shoes you have over grown (the ones that are still good), help your classmates to carry their school bag after school when they fall sick. Sinners are in great need of Salvation, prayerfully share the gospel with them so that they can be saved.

Further Reading

1 John 3:16-18

Prayer for today

God help me to care for the needy around me.