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<blockquote data-quote="redleghunter" data-source="post: 69413315" data-attributes="member: 348895"><p>Why not both? Missionaries for centuries have brought healing to the bodies and sustenance to the stomach of the poor. They also brought their prayers and the message of Christ for the healing of their souls. A casual look at any Christian missionary will show provision for the physical needs and spiritual needs. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/ongoing-relief-supports-iraqis-terrorized-by-isis/" target="_blank">http://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/ongoing-relief-supports-iraqis-terrorized-by-isis/</a></p><p></p><p>In fact, one leads to the other. Helping the poor does not require prayer for a Christian to act. They have the example of Christ and His apostles and the church since Pentecost. The young man praying for this homeless man may have known a bit about him. Perhaps his prayers were directed for a specific cause. When I was this young man's age I did work for a Gospel mission home which provided for alcohol and drug addicts who were in recovery. We also took in homeless, unemployed and battered women and their children. It was a small operation, we were a small church but stayed connected with the community in the worst areas for crime and the homeless. We knew the people of the neighborhood and there were some who refused help. We would leave them care packages to get them by and a card with a phone number if they needed help and wanted to come in to the home. The ones who refused were always on our prayer list even if they never gave us a name. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think the above is woefully incomplete. As I mentioned above see my references to Christian missionary work for centuries. Add to that it was the Christian church (Catholic West-Eastern Orthodox-East) which established the first hospitals in Europe and the Levant. Not to be confused with the pagan Roman Empire hospices where people went to die.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redleghunter, post: 69413315, member: 348895"] Why not both? Missionaries for centuries have brought healing to the bodies and sustenance to the stomach of the poor. They also brought their prayers and the message of Christ for the healing of their souls. A casual look at any Christian missionary will show provision for the physical needs and spiritual needs. [URL]http://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/ongoing-relief-supports-iraqis-terrorized-by-isis/[/URL] In fact, one leads to the other. Helping the poor does not require prayer for a Christian to act. They have the example of Christ and His apostles and the church since Pentecost. The young man praying for this homeless man may have known a bit about him. Perhaps his prayers were directed for a specific cause. When I was this young man's age I did work for a Gospel mission home which provided for alcohol and drug addicts who were in recovery. We also took in homeless, unemployed and battered women and their children. It was a small operation, we were a small church but stayed connected with the community in the worst areas for crime and the homeless. We knew the people of the neighborhood and there were some who refused help. We would leave them care packages to get them by and a card with a phone number if they needed help and wanted to come in to the home. The ones who refused were always on our prayer list even if they never gave us a name. I think the above is woefully incomplete. As I mentioned above see my references to Christian missionary work for centuries. Add to that it was the Christian church (Catholic West-Eastern Orthodox-East) which established the first hospitals in Europe and the Levant. Not to be confused with the pagan Roman Empire hospices where people went to die. [/QUOTE]
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