“Merit” is a worthless argument for any Christian charity. We are all undeserving of the mercy of God, for we’ve all sinned and fallen short of His glory.
However, personal conduct issues can justify a removal from the property, and being barred from the property. Alcohol or drug possession, being intoxicated on the premises, engaging in assault of other disruptive behavior ... these are all grounds for removal and banning from the property.
Every person has their challenges, their victories and setbacks.
Don’t think your efforts to spread God’s Word have gone unnoticed. You have brought immense peace and understanding to many. Your reward will be great.
We pray that you will have a home surrounded by friends and loved ones.
In the interim, you may be called to minister to the homeless and destitute.
Think to use your internet talent to setup gofundme pages for those in need. Whatever God calls you to do, please let us know how it goes.
God bless you!
Yes. None of us is “worthy” of a home. Or anything but God’s judgment.
If I have a tent to sleep in, it is the grace of God. “A man can receive nothing except it is given him from above.” “All we have comes from Him....”
Most content I’ve been is when I had nothing but the clothes in my car and my car - working & living with the poor. Go to Nicaragua or Haiti - the poorest of the USA are rich compared to them. I loved helping the poor in their cardboard & tin shacks in the city dump of Managua Nicaragua.
Thinking we deserve anything is not understanding our condition, our nature, or God’s nature. He is full of mercy and grace.
Although I am Catholic and all for saying great things about the Catholic Church, I do remember being in a hurricane and those who helped were Salvation Army, Baptists, and Methodists, the last of whom were there for many months helping the elderly and poor with repairs to their homes.
So I think that just as different people have different little callings in our charitable work, so too do different groups. If we all did the exact same thing, a lot of work wouldnot be done at all!
Good luck with finding a place to live—i will pray for you.
not to sound cynical but I may have discovered a way to eliminate homelessness: everyone carry around a sack lunch to give to homeless folks you encounter.
it isn’t 100% effective but I seem to see more homeless people when I’m sandwich-less.
What are you saying?
Are you saying you are a low income woman who finds it necessary to stay in a shelter, and you are unhappy because in your experience not enough Bibe believing evangelicals run women’s shelters?
I can’t do much, but if I can figure out paypal tomorrow, I’ll do something.
Something that’s been on my mind lately are all these large Christian concerts and festivals, mens and women’s retreats; that people spend hundreds and thousands on attending.
I can almost guarantee no souls are won during these events. The people attending are believers, or at least associated.
How much more good, and souls won for our Lord, would come from actually helping people instead of literally throwing away money on that garbage!?
Part of why I feel like an outcast in almost every Christian community.
FReemail me your paypal or venmo.
Prayers for you!
There are many lost souls at shelters. You use that gift of evangelism thatthe Lord gave you.
We’re sojourners here - as this is not our home.
Is the ladies' homeless shelter equipped with WiFi? What is the password to log onto the Internet there? Are you using a SmartPhone or a portable computer to post here at Free Republic?
And while I believe I'm not "worthy" to be homeless [...]
I don't understand that statement; what does one have to do to be "worthy" of being homeless? What must one do to be "deserving" of being destitute?
Questions abound!
Regards,
Any idea what this is a reference to?
I am, of course, familiar with the Phrygian city of Laodicea.
There are also several references to it in the Bible:
Laodicea was neither hot nor cold — “you are lukewarm” (Revelation 3:16).
Laodicea had a high opinion of itself — “I have become wealthy and have need of nothing” (Revelation 3:17).
Laodicea did not recognize its real condition — “you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked” (Revelation 3:17).
source: the Internet
So, anyone know why this article is titled this way?
Regards,
Thirty percent of Protestants listed God as their most important connection (relationship) versus 9% of Catholics. Barna, 2008 http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/13-culture/44-americans-identify-their-most-important-relationships
Political conservatives were almost three times as likely as political liberals to identify God as their most important relationship (33% vs. 12%, respectively). ^
About 56 percent of Evangelicals currently say they're strongly affiliated with their religion, while only 35 percent of Catholics say the same, and 4% lower than mainline Protestants (devoutness of Mainline Protestants [distinct from evangelicals] fell to roughly 30 percent in the late 1970s to late 1980s before gradually climbing to 39 percent in 2010) https://www.barna.com/research/protestants-catholics-and-mormons-reflect-diverse-levels-of-religious-activity
Bible Reading: the highest was 75%, by those going to a Pentecostal/Foursquare church who reported they had read the Bible during the past week (besides at church), while the lowest was among Catholics at 23% ^
Volunteer church work (during past 7 days): Assemblies of God were highest at 30%, with the lowest going to Catholics at 12%. ^
Donating Money (during the last month): Church of Christ churches were the highest at 29%, with Catholics being the lowest at 12% ^
American evangelicals gave four times as much money, per person, to churches as did all other church donors in 2001. 88 percent of evangelicals and 73 percent of all Protestants donated to churches. John Ronsvalle and Sylvia Ronsvalle, The State of Church Giving through 2004: Will We Will? 16th ed. (Champaign, Ill.: Empty Tomb, 2006),12. http://www.generousgiving.org/stats#
Data from a variety of researchers indicates that Catholics give one-third to one-half the portion of income that Protestants give. http://www.emptytomb.org/cathgiv.html
A Catholic survey reports that 4 percent of US Catholics described themselves as “very” involved in parish or religious activities other than attending Mass, and 11% as “somewhat involved, and 64% as “not involved at all.” Among weekly (or more) attendees (approx 22% of adult Catholics), 13% were very” involved, 29% “somewhat involved and 25% not involved at all.” http://cara.georgetown.edu/CARAServices/FRStats/devotionpractice.pdf