8 Naomi urged Ruth to accept Boaz’ offer to keep gleaning in his fields and to stay near the young women of his own household so that she would escape harassment from the reapers.
In other cases congregations and individuals have come forward and offered to keep an eye on older ones so that their children could remain in their assignments.
16 If you meet a person of a non-Christian religion and feel ill-equipped to offer a witness on the spot, use the opportunity just to get acquainted, leave a tract, and exchange names.
She accepted my invitation to come in, and after I shared several encouraging thoughts from the Bible with her, she immediately accepted my offer of a Bible study.
In exchange for this material sacrifice, Jesus offered the young ruler the priceless privilege of amassing treasure in heaven —a treasure that would mean everlasting life for him and would lead to the prospect of eventually ruling with Christ in heaven.
Hebrews 11:17-19 reveals: “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, as good as offered up Isaac, and the man that had gladly received the promises attempted to offer up his only-begotten son, although it had been said to him: ‘What will be called “your seed” will be through Isaac.’
We must already have figured such challenges into the cost of being a disciple of Christ, knowing that the reward —salvation from sin and death— is worth far more than anything that the present system can offer us.
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This proverb also teaches that although it is comforting to turn to an empathetic friend for emotional support, humans are limited in the comfort they can offer.