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Getting it started now.

And I forgot my Bible, so I'll be reading for my text.

No, I need to keep things mark Cuz I flip around so much.

But anyway, couple weeks ago, I went to my UPS Store.

The owner was there and our wives used to work in the same department at the University.

So we've got a connection that we have a conversation that keeps on going in.

Anyway, I was talking to him.

He was asking me how I was doing and I was telling him how much I was enjoying going into other businesses and explained what I was doing.

And you know what, he's like, for mental health, I got ya for mental health.

And he shared with me like the, he's from China and the town that you said, the time that I was from never sleeps.

But the area where we live, We know everybody in the area, we share meals together.

We know each other's business, we support each other because I come to Canada.

I don't know my neighbors.

And I said, yeah, like I agree with him.

It's it's, I told him I've gotten a friend.

It from Ethiopia who, who told me it like, in Ethiopia, we don't have really easy access to doctors, or psychologists, or coaches, or anything like that.

He said, but we do you have coffee.

And we, we do coffee over 4 hours, so it's a 4-Hour ordeal, I've had coffee with them.

It's awesome.

They make the beans they roost that, you know, they show you the beans.

They show you.

They they roast it.

They let you see the roasted Bean.

We go through this whole ceremony.

It's four hours long, you know.

Like literally.

He says, if you have a problem, you have two or three copies in the day and all your problems magically filters sold themselves because this person knows that person this person has this idea, this person has this experience and end and that's how they do life together.

Well.

My friend at the UPS store and I we agreed liking it and it evident we've designed it.

So we drive into our garages and we don't get to know her neighbors.

And we have to create our own Community somehow.

It don't worry.

I heard what he was saying and I am, that's the reason why I still have that UPS Stores.

Because it when I talk

Today we're going to look at biblical hospitality and what it means what it means in scripture when it means for us today.

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Heavenly father, I want to thank you.

I Want to Thank You, Lord, For the Life in this congregation, Lord.

I want to thank you for the life that we share with each other.

I want to thank you for the ones who come by this.

So naturally, it's just easy and floor for those that it doesn't come easy, but they still, they still want to be involved, they still want to connect, and they do what they can.

And I thank you for that Lord.

I pray that today would be a graceful day that gives us new ideas to be creative and loving each other Lord in your precious name.

Amen.

In a world.

That's so full of hate and Division, and snow and garage doors.

It's important to remember what the Bible tells us about hospitality.

By being hospitable to one another.

And to strangers, we can be blessed and be a blessing.

We can breed be refreshed and be a refreshing.

and it's important today, because There are so many people feeling lost and alone.

if you have any conversation with anyone on the bus, if you have had any conversation with someone at work, if you've talked to anybody anywhere, You know, who?

The most introverted person wants to connect with people somehow.

By reaching out with warp and real friendship, we can make a difference in the lives of each other.

We need to treat strangers as family.

I do Pink Floyd, a big part of the book Hospitality, but the Bible also tells us to be hospitable to one another without complaining.

What is Hospitality?

This is such a cool word in the Greek, the word is phileo zinaas phileos in us.

You know what philio means is, right?

It's that love, that we feel.

It's a it's a feeling love xenos.

You might have heard in words of xenophobia.

You know, was in a phobia is fear of strangers.

Philly hoes n Oz is love of strangers.

I like this word that they use for Hospitality, it is used for Hospitality for welcoming in the stranger.

It's used for Hospitality for what we do to each other.

We're told to show, Hospitality to strangers.

Look at this invitation, Hebrews 13, 12 to this, don't neglect to show Hospitality for by doing.

So some of you will welcome, the Angels is gas without knowing it.

How cool is that Philly was in office is also used to describe how we treat one.

Another Romans 12:13.

It says it's in their needs and pursue hospitality.

Where to pursue it?

No, we live in a world where Winter roads and cold weather keeps us from naturally getting together.

We've been in isolation for so long, it's strange to think about welcoming people back into your home.

We don't know what people would like, or what not will kill them.

Some people are vegans.

Others, are vegetarian summer pescetarian some practice, paleo others have religious requirement for their food or drink pronouns.

People want to be referred by, it's difficult to get together.

It's not as easy as it once was.

Does it really matter?

Yes, because we are living in a lonely and lost world.

We are living in a place where people social structures have collapsed.

They're starting to re-emerge.

But this is our opportunity now, to show love to each other and show love to those that that are

Now we've been going through these one.

Another commands for some time and we've got a ways to go, but I want to let you in on a secret.

What I found is every single one of these, loving, the other commands become really easy.

When we consider the other person, a friend, when it's done out of friendship, we naturally fulfill every single one of the one another commands, it's just a natural response to do.

Assuming someone to friend and act like they're afraid.

It's especially true when we talked about hospitality.

How do you practice biblical Hospitality while I got a tool for that and the word I'm using to help us remember, is befriend.

Befriend.

That means that we're going to be intentional.

We're going to embrace generosity F. We're going to fall compassion.

Are we're going to remember to be positive?

That's important.

I were going to invest in order.

You were going to race strangers, this family, and we're going to nourish friendship by accepting hospitality.

And do you were going to deep in Greece?