Kindness and generosity

https://odb.org/2025/12/11/the-shoes-off-his-feet Colossians 3:12–17 (NIV): 12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which bindsContinue reading “Kindness and generosity”

Feed the need

https://odb.org/2025/08/21/feed-the-need Acts 4:32–37 (NIV): 32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power, the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in themContinue reading “Feed the need”

Do good and share with others

https://odb.org/2025/06/12/a-generous-heart Hebrews 13:15-16, 20-21 (NIV): 15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices, God is pleased. 20 Now may the God of peace, who through the bloodContinue reading “Do good and share with others”

The gift of giving

https://odb.org/2025/06/05/the-gift-of-giving-2 2 Corinthians 8:1–7 (NIV): 8 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave as much asContinue reading “The gift of giving”

Love the foreigner

https://odb.org/2025/05/21/loving-the-stranger-3 Leviticus 19:9–10, 33-34 (NIV): 9 “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner.Continue reading “Love the foreigner”