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Laura Sweet

Laura N. Sweet is a wife, mother, grandmother, and former Christian schoolteacher from Midland, Michigan. She writes devotional material for both adults and children, and her work has appeared in more than a dozen publications.
Devotionals

The Humble Hospitality of Jesus

Read: John 13:1-17 Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. (v. 1) We stated at the beginning of this series that hospitality isn’t

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Hospitality and Gospel Workers

Read: 3 John Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth. (v. 8) Jesus once said, “Foxes have holes, and birds of

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Hospitality and Discipleship

Read: Acts 18:18-28 When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. (v. 26) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once wrote, “A

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Love and Hospitality

Read: 1 Peter 4:1-11 Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. (v. 9) As we enter the holiday season, it’s good to note the ways that we as Christians can not

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Hospitality for Our Enemies

Read: Romans 12:9-21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (v. 21) Polycarp was a leader in the church of Smyrna, which suffered heavy persecution from the

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Hospitality and Leadership

Read: 1 Timothy 3:1-13 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach . . . sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable. (v. 2) What would you include in your list of the most important qualities of a good

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Hospitality and Evangelism

Read: Luke 5:27-39 And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. (v. 29)

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Hospitality and Generosity

Read: Ruth 2:4-17 And she ate until she was satisfied, and she had some left over. (v. 14) Up to this point in the book of Ruth, things have not been

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The Blessings of Hospitality

Read: Mark 1:29-39 The fever left her, and she began to serve them. (v. 31) As a newlywed, I received some advice from a former Sunday school teacher who suggested that

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