Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may...
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.Galatians 6:9 When God called him to prepare a home for vulnerable children, Benson Mungai didn’t start by looking for kids. He planted...
This week's guest devotional was written by author and speaker, Sarah Sanderson. Sarah is a member of Oak Hills Presbyterian Church in Milwaukie, Oregon which has been participating in Rice & Beans Month during the season of Lent for many years. Her family recently had...
Every Saturday, the small kitchen building outside a church in rural Tanzania seems to come alive. While the Lahash sponsored kids engage in their weekly program day activities, a team of volunteers is hard at work preparing their afternoon meal. Soon excited children stream out from...
The following devotional is taken from A Common Meal which contains 40 days of devotions for adults and kids along with stories and recipes to help guide your journey through Rice & Beans Month. We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and...
"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15: 12-13 This Lenten season leading up to our yearly remembrance of Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection is an...
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide...
Stirring beans and adding spices, Veneranda Nirere stands over a massive pot in the kitchen at ERM-Rwanda. Soon, nearly a hundred plates will be pilled high with rice, beans, and fruit to feed the sponsored children who come each Saturday to the program center here...
One of the most wonderful things about kids being sponsored through Lahash is that it connects that child’s whole family to our partner ministries. Not only is the sponsored child affected positively, there is potential for the whole family to be impacted. The very first...
“Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”Romans 12: 17-18 This phrase appears near the end of our Romans passage,...