2. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Hebrews 13:2

3. Contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality. Romans 12:13

4. Practice hospitality ungrudgingly to one another. 1Peter 4:9

5. Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband; and she must be well attested for her good deeds, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way. 1Timothy 5:9-10

6. "If the people who were in my tent had said, 'We wish we had never filled [our stomachs] with his food'....(The visitor never spent the night outside, because I opened my door to the traveller.) Job 31:31-32

7. “Practice hospitality.Why? This is a worship service, not a seminar on successful living. What does hospitality have to do with God? If it doesn't have to do with God, it is simply of no interest in a church that aims to be God-centered and God-saturated. The mark of a God-besotted Christian is that you always answer the question why you do something by referring to God as we know him in Jesus Christ.” John Piper

8. "When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. The stranger who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 19:33-34

9. “Or here is another way to put it: when we practice hospitality we experience the thrill of feeling God's power conquer our fears and our stinginess and all the psychological gravity of our self-centeredness. And there are few joys, if any, greater than the joy of experiencing the liberating power of God's hospitality making us a new and radically different kind of people, who love to reflect the glory of his grace as we extend it to others in all kinds of hospitality.” John Piper

10. Christ and Hospitality: Christ told parables of God’s hospitality (Luke 14:16-24)Christ told parables of God’s hospitality (Luke 14:16-24) Christ was the ultimate expression of God’s hospitalityChrist was the ultimate expression of God’s hospitality Christ directed his apostles to expect hospitality (Mk. 6:8)Christ directed his apostles to expect hospitality (Mk. 6:8) Christ said it was an honour to show hospitality (Matt. 10:40-42: 25:43!)Christ said it was an honour to show hospitality (Matt. 10:40-42: 25:43!)

11. In the home… Is an expression of God’s provision to anotherIs an expression of God’s provision to another Is not to impress another about you, your house, your cooking, your familyIs not to impress another about you, your house, your cooking, your family

12. In the church… Is an expression of God’s care to othersIs an expression of God’s care to others Is not to impress others about us, our facilities, our ministry, our numbersIs not to impress others about us, our facilities, our ministry, our numbers Helps us to die to ourselves and live to ChristHelps us to die to ourselves and live to Christ