hope for the helpless

“My children, we must not only talk about loving people; we must show we love people by what we do for them. We must really love them.”
-1 John 3:18 (WE)

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“And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me.”
-Jesus’ words in Matthew 18:5

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Hosea 14:3: “In you the orphan finds mercy.”

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Psalm 10:17-18 (NLT): “Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them. You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed…”

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Matthew 25:35,36: “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”

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Romans 8:15: “So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s spirit when he adopted you as his own children.”

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“Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—this is God, whose dwelling is holy. God places the lonely in families…” —Psalm 68:5,6

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artwork by Austin Blasingame found in a copy of Relevant Magazine

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Proverbs 31:8,9: “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”

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“You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” —Amy Carmichael (1867-1951), follower of Christ & missionary to India

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