NURTURING AND RETENTION
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more high tech culture, it is in
even greater need of high
touch ministries.
•  •  Love must be sincere…Share with
God’s people who are in need.
Practice hospitality.
— Romans 12:9-13 (NIV)
Take care of God’s needy
people…Welcome people in your
home.
— Romans 12:9-13 (CEV)
•  •  •  I tell you the truth, anyone who gives
you a cup of water in my name
because you belong to Christ will
certainly not lose his reward.
– Mark 9:41, (NIV)
      Offer hospitality to one another without
grumbling. Each one should use
whatever gift he has received to serve
others, faithfully administering God's
grace in its various forms.
–1 Peter 4:9, 10, NIV.
Suppose a brother or sister is without
clothes and daily food. If one of
you says to him, "Go, I wish you
well; keep warm and well fed," but
does nothing about his physical
needs, what good is it?
–James 2:15, 16, NIV.
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"A lover of hospitality" is among the
specifications given by the Holy Spirit as
marking one who is to bear responsibility in
the church.
—Adventist Home, page 445
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Prayer becomes a very important part of
hospitality evangelism. You will want to
pray for the leading of the Holy Spirit in
planning the event. The guest list needs
special prayer and guidance.
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•  All who enter the church doors are affected
by the first 30 seconds of contact. This is
how quickly lasting impressions are made. $
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