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Reaching Out and Helping Others

How many times do we see a fellow brother or sister in need and do nothing to help. Don't get me wrong, praying is great, but what do you do physically? Is someone without food while you go out to eat weekly? Is a family without a vehicle when you have several? What if you're stretched beyond your own means and you still want to help others? I came across a verse today and it stuck a cord in me. I had never caught part of it. Ezekiel 16:49-50 49"Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. 50"Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me Therefore I removed them when I saw it. "Abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy". Did you catch that? Wow. I started thinking about our country and how we're the most prosperous in the world. Yet many times we are food into thinking that we...