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Luke 10:7
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Do not be ashamed to receive material support, for you are working for the Lord, and he is supplying your needs in his own way. He is showing that he is pleased with the work you do for him. The work you do and the benefit your hearers receive is worth much more than the food and drink you receive in exchange. They give you a temporal reward, but they receive a spiritual and an eternal benefit. The Lord counts you worthy of the hire you receive, and he who gives each one what he has, instructs your hearers to show their appreciation for the teaching they have received by giving a little of what they in turn have received from the Lord. This will be an ongoing principle throughout the church age, though the circumstances vary. The servant of the Lord should not feel guilty for receiving an earthly reward for his work, nor should he worry about burdening one person who the Lord has given the responsibility of sustaining his labourer.
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The Lord is telling his disciples not to rush around from house to house, but to stay in one house in each village if they are received there. They are not there to savour the hospitality; they are there to do the work of the Lord. The Lord does not keep his workers in luxury and in plenty, but he trains them to live in simplicity. Let them not be any the less grateful or any less in awe of his provision, just because it is a modest supply of their needs. Every morsel of food and sip of drink is the provision of the Lord and is to be appreciated and given thanks for.
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