Todays Scripture reading for Read, Pray, Obey challenge: 1 Timothy 5:1-8 AMP DO NOT sharply censure or rebuke an older man, but entreat and plead with him as you would with a father. Treat younger men like brothers; Treat older women like mothers and younger women like sisters, in all purity. Always treat with great consideration and give aid to those who are truly widowed (solitary and without support). But if a widow has children or grandchildren, see to it that these are first made to understand that it is their religious duty to defray their natural obligation to those at home, and make return to their parents or grandparents for all their care by contributing to their maintenance, for this is acceptable in the sight of God. Now a woman who is a real widow and is left entirely alone and desolate, has fixed her hope on God and perseveres in supplications and prayers night and day, Whereas she who lives in pleasure and self-gratification (giving herself up to luxury and self-indulgence), is dead even while she still lives. Charge the people thus, so that they may be without reproach and blameless. If anyone fails to provide for his relatives, and especially for those of his own family, he has disowned the faith by failing to accompany it with fruits and is worse than an unbeliever who performs his obligation in these matters.
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