March 28: Joy to the World.
The Joy of Hospitality.
He told them to celebrate these days with feasting and gladness and by giving gifts of food to each other and presents to the poor. This would commemorate a time when the Jews gained relief from their enemies, when their sorrow was turned into gladness and their mourning into joy.--Esther 9:22, NLT
GRATITUDE, REJOICING, benevolence, trust in God's love and care--these are health's greatest safeguard. To the Israelites they were to be the very keynote of life.--The Ministry of Healing, 281.
At their sacred feasts the Lord had directed that "the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat, and be satisfied." Deuteronomy 14:29.--Christ's Object Lessons, 220.
These feasts were occasions of rejoicing, made sweeter and more tender by the hospitable welcome given to the stranger, the Levite, and the poor.--The Ministry of Healing, 281.
These gatherings were to be as object lessons to Israel. Being thus taught the joy of true hospitality, the people were throughout the year to care for the bereaved and the poor. And these feasts had a wider lesson. The spiritual blessings given to Israel were not for themselves alone. God had given the bread of life to them, that they might break it to the world.--Christ's Object Lessons, 220.
"At the end of every third year, bring the entire tithe of that year's harvest
and store it in the nearest town. Give it to the Levites, who will receive
no allotment of land among you, as well as to the foreigner living among you,
the orphans, and the widows in your towns, so they can eat and be satisfied.
Then the Lord your God will bless you in all your work."
--Deuteronomy 14:28, 29, NLT
The Joy of Hospitality.
He told them to celebrate these days with feasting and gladness and by giving gifts of food to each other and presents to the poor. This would commemorate a time when the Jews gained relief from their enemies, when their sorrow was turned into gladness and their mourning into joy.--Esther 9:22, NLT
GRATITUDE, REJOICING, benevolence, trust in God's love and care--these are health's greatest safeguard. To the Israelites they were to be the very keynote of life.--The Ministry of Healing, 281.
At their sacred feasts the Lord had directed that "the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat, and be satisfied." Deuteronomy 14:29.--Christ's Object Lessons, 220.
These feasts were occasions of rejoicing, made sweeter and more tender by the hospitable welcome given to the stranger, the Levite, and the poor.--The Ministry of Healing, 281.
These gatherings were to be as object lessons to Israel. Being thus taught the joy of true hospitality, the people were throughout the year to care for the bereaved and the poor. And these feasts had a wider lesson. The spiritual blessings given to Israel were not for themselves alone. God had given the bread of life to them, that they might break it to the world.--Christ's Object Lessons, 220.
"At the end of every third year, bring the entire tithe of that year's harvest
and store it in the nearest town. Give it to the Levites, who will receive
no allotment of land among you, as well as to the foreigner living among you,
the orphans, and the widows in your towns, so they can eat and be satisfied.
Then the Lord your God will bless you in all your work."
--Deuteronomy 14:28, 29, NLT
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