Erin Davis has to remind herself the purpose of a home is using it to serve others.

We want to have a beautiful home, but we don't necessarily want to be hospitable.

And we want to have that magazine cover look, but we don't want anyone to mess it up.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for October 27, 2015.

Yesterday, Nancy began a new teaching series on the Shunamite woman found in 2nd King's

Chapter 4.

We saw the importance of this woman's hospitality to Elisha, the prophet of God.

That teaching on hospitality got a lot of our listeners thinking.

We're going to pause on this topic of hospitality

and take some time to make it personal. Some of our listeners are reflecting on what came to mind

as Nancy taught on the Shunamite woman, opening her home to build God's kingdom. It made one listener

remember an example she observed growing up.

If anybody came into my mom's house, it didn't matter what time of the day.

It didn't matter.

She would always bring out food, all breads, cookies.

So if you ever went away from my house growing up, you know, it was really surprising

because there was always food. So I don't know if she just

had the spirit of hospitality, but it was always there. My sister and I, we're not as generous as

my mom. We don't constantly bake and cook. And I mean, so it is a spirit that I don't know if it's

a dying art, but I think most of us that are in our 50s, remember the older generation always had food ready.

I remember that as well, but here's the thing we need to remind ourselves, and especially

the younger generation, you don't have to be a gourmet cook, you don't have to be into baking,

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