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HOMEMAKING 4: HOSPITALITY
Hospitality is a ministry to others. It is a ministry that seems healing to others in a way, because of the care and
preparation, nice atmosphere they enter into and that you created for them, giving them words of encouragement,
and building them up in the inner man.
It is not the time to complain, grip or tell others of your problems (and it usually never is, because God intends for
us to go to HIM with all our cares and tell them to Him. After all, He alone has all the answers, but instead it is a
time to minister to THEIR needs.
Pray before the guests come, that they might feel God’s peace and presence in your home when they come in.
That wisdom might be spoken to them and that His will for their coming might be accomplished.
If you happen to have the “gift” of hospitality people will come. God will draw them; singles, divorced, widows at
any time. If a man ends up at your door step and your husband is gone, it is best to visit with him on the porch or
outside somewhere for propriety sake, giving no place for gossip. We do not all have the “gift” of hospitality as
our gifting but we are all to be hospitable to others when they come over.
Hospitality is seeking to serve others. It is spiritual. It never keeps score. Your heart is involved. This is different
from entertaining. In entertaining oftentimes appearance is importance. Society keeps score. Many times
entertaining is something you do out of obligation (to pay back for someone inviting you over to their home
perhaps). It is an effort of pride; all must be just so so.
Hospitality on the other hand is a labor of love. Your attitude is different.
The living room and dining rooms should be clean all the time, because you never know who might show up. The
rest of the house can be shut off if not tidy at that particular time of their appearance. Hospitality is often on the
spur of the moment. Since this is the case, try to always keep something on hand for this occasion. It doesn’t
always have to be sweet. Soup, crackers & cheese, fruit and coffee will do just fine. It seems that food = LOVE
to people. You’ve heard it said that a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, well that is also true with most
people as well.
Table settings. Most pictures in cookbooks can show you how to set a pretty table, or a library book, now
probably the internet too. We are a lot more informal today than before. Paper plates and cups instead of dishes
are acceptable for most occasions it seems. Because it is not the dishes that matter, it is the love and warmth
that you give to the individuals when they come into your home that counts, and that is what the Lord is pleased
with.
As we have said before, “whatsoever they hand findeth to do, do it to the glory of God, or with all thy might, or as
unto the Lord.”
Hospitality is a ministry to others. It is a ministry that seems healing to others in a way, because of the care and
preparation, nice atmosphere they enter into and that you created for them, giving them words of encouragement,
and building them up in the inner man.
It is not the time to complain, grip or tell others of your problems (and it usually never is, because God intends for
us to go to HIM with all our cares and tell them to Him. After all, He alone has all the answers, but instead it is a
time to minister to THEIR needs.
Pray before the guests come, that they might feel God’s peace and presence in your home when they come in.
That wisdom might be spoken to them and that His will for their coming might be accomplished.
If you happen to have the “gift” of hospitality people will come. God will draw them; singles, divorced, widows at
any time. If a man ends up at your door step and your husband is gone, it is best to visit with him on the porch or
outside somewhere for propriety sake, giving no place for gossip. We do not all have the “gift” of hospitality as
our gifting but we are all to be hospitable to others when they come over.
Hospitality is seeking to serve others. It is spiritual. It never keeps score. Your heart is involved. This is different
from entertaining. In entertaining oftentimes appearance is importance. Society keeps score. Many times
entertaining is something you do out of obligation (to pay back for someone inviting you over to their home
perhaps). It is an effort of pride; all must be just so so.
Hospitality on the other hand is a labor of love. Your attitude is different.
The living room and dining rooms should be clean all the time, because you never know who might show up. The
rest of the house can be shut off if not tidy at that particular time of their appearance. Hospitality is often on the
spur of the moment. Since this is the case, try to always keep something on hand for this occasion. It doesn’t
always have to be sweet. Soup, crackers & cheese, fruit and coffee will do just fine. It seems that food = LOVE
to people. You’ve heard it said that a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, well that is also true with most
people as well.
Table settings. Most pictures in cookbooks can show you how to set a pretty table, or a library book, now
probably the internet too. We are a lot more informal today than before. Paper plates and cups instead of dishes
are acceptable for most occasions it seems. Because it is not the dishes that matter, it is the love and warmth
that you give to the individuals when they come into your home that counts, and that is what the Lord is pleased
with.
As we have said before, “whatsoever they hand findeth to do, do it to the glory of God, or with all thy might, or as
unto the Lord.”