Bible Verses to encourage your anonymous sharing !!
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" There will always be some in the land who are poor.
That is why I am commanding you to share freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need. "
Deuteronomy 15:11 New Living Translation (NLT)
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" There will always be some in the land who are poor.
That is why I am commanding you to share freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need. "
Deuteronomy 15:11 New Living Translation (NLT)
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Proverbs 19:17 New Living Translation (NLT)
17 If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord--
and He will repay you!
John 6:35 New Living Translation (NLT)
35 Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
James 2:14-18 New Living Translation (NLT)
Faith Without Good Deeds Is Dead.
14 What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? 15 Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, 16 and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?
17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.
18 Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.”
Matthew 25:34-40 New Living Translation (NLT)
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. 36 I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’
37 “Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? 39 When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’
40 “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’
Matthew 15:32 New Living Translation (NLT)
Jesus Feeds Four Thousand
32 Then Jesus called his disciples and told them, “I feel sorry for these people. They have been here with me for three days, and they have nothing left to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry, or they will faint along the way.”
Luke 3:11 New Living Translation (NLT)
11 John replied, “If you have two shirts, give one to the poor. If you have food, share it with those who are hungry.”
Deuteronomy 15:10 New Living Translation (NLT)
10 Give generously to the poor, not grudgingly, for the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.
Proverbs 27:27 New Living Translation (NLT)
27 And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself,
your family, and your servant girls.
Psalm 37:25 New Living Translation (NLT)
25 Once I was young, and now I am old.
Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned
or their children begging for bread.
Ezekiel 18:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
7 He is a merciful creditor, not keeping the items given as security by poor debtors. He does not rob the poor but instead gives food to the hungry and provides clothes for the needy.
John 21:15 New Living Translation (NLT)
15 After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?
“Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you know I love you.”
“Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him.
Deuteronomy 28:11-14 New Living Translation (NLT)
(note: Spread the "bounty" the LORD has promised you.)
11 “The Lord will give you prosperity in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, blessing you with many children, numerous livestock, and abundant crops. 12 The Lord will send rain at the proper time from his rich treasury in the heavens and will bless all the work you do. You will lend to many nations, but you will never need to borrow from them. 13 If you listen to these commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom. 14 You must not turn away from any of the commands I am giving you today, nor follow after other gods and worship them.
Proverbs 14:31 New Living Translation (NLT)
31 Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker,
but helping the poor honors Him.
Acts 9:36 New Living Translation (NLT)
36 There was a believer in Joppa named Tabitha (which in Greek is Dorcas]. She was always doing kind things for others and helping the poor.
2 Kings 4:1-7 New Living Translation (NLT)
Elisha Helps a Poor Widow
One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the Lord. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves.”
2 “What can I do to help you?” Elisha asked. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?”
“Nothing at all, except a flask of olive oil,” she replied.
3 And Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbors. 4 Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour olive oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one aside when it is filled.”
5 So she did as she was told. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she filled one after another. 6 Soon every container was full to the brim!
“Bring me another jar,” she said to one of her sons.
“There aren’t any more!” he told her. And then the olive oil stopped flowing.
7 When she told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over.”
Job 29:11-13 New Living Translation (NLT)
11 “All who heard me praised me.
All who saw me spoke well of me.
12 For I assisted the poor in their need
and the orphans who required help.
13 I helped those without hope, and they blessed me.
And I caused the widows’ hearts to sing for joy.
Deuteronomy 24:20 New Living Translation (NLT)
20 When you beat the olives from your olive trees, don’t go over the boughs twice. Leave the remaining olives for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.
Psalm 12:5-6 New Living Translation (NLT)
5 The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless,
and I have heard the groans of the poor.
Now I will rise up to rescue them,
as they have longed for me to do.”
6 The Lord’s promises are pure,
like silver refined in a furnace,
purified seven times over.
Proverbs 14:21 New Living Translation (NLT)
21 It is a sin to belittle one’s neighbor;
blessed are those who help the poor.
Jeremiah 22:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
16 He gave justice and help to the poor and needy,
and everything went well for him.
Isn’t that what it means to know me?” says the Lord.
Deuteronomy 26:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
12 “Every third year you must offer a special tithe of your crops. In this year of the special tithe you must give your tithes to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, so that they will have enough to eat in your towns.
Psalm 68:5New Living Translation (NLT)
5 Father to the fatherless, defender of widows--
this is God, whose dwelling is holy.
Leviticus 25:35 New Living Translation (NLT)
Redemption of the Poor and Enslaved
35 “If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and cannot support himself, support him as you would a foreigner or a temporary resident and allow him to live with you.
- Finding someone to encourage is easy...just ask Father-God to point them out, and He will !
- People might look "fine" on the surface, yet hide their fears, worries or hunger because of shame or pride.
- Ask Jesus to bring just "one" or "one family" to you...and He will. Start there! If you're able, then do more.
- Keep checking your own ego. Jesus gets the Praise. We get the Joy of actually doing some good.
- Remember: work anonymously.... on a Special Mission from The Lord :). We shouldn't "get the credit"-- God does!