Nancy DeMas-Walgamu says hospitality isn't optional.

Whether you are married or single, whether you have your own home or you share an apartment

with some other women, whether you're rich or poor, you have a mandate to be hospitable.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Choosing Gratitude.

For April 18th, 2024, I'm Dana Gresh.

As we've seen this week, Jesus showed hospitality to those around him.

And it couldn't have been easy.

He was single.

He didn't have a permanent home, and he lived in a hot desert climate.

But instead of making excuses, he obeyed his father.

Let's find out how to do the same.

Here's Nancy. We've been talking about

the ministry of hospitality and how as we extend hospitality to others, as we open our hearts

and our homes to others, we become a reflection of the hospitable heart of God and of the heart

of Christ who came into this world and though he was not received, he came to

receive us. And he asks us to receive him, and then to receive others as he has received us.

Now, when we think about hospitality, it's easy to think of certain people who come to our minds

who are just really natural hosts.

I mean, you know the kind of person I'm talking about.

Their home is just kind of a constant bed and breakfast and they're always having people in

and they make it seem so easy and their house never gets dirty and their linens are always clean

and always have fresh flowers sitting on the bedstand and for any guests who might just happen to come by,

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