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Anawim Christian Community is a community church made up of the homeless and the mentally ill. Our main goal is to provide for people's needs (including the need to be a disciple of Jesus) where they are at. We don't feel that a person needs to be something different before they get the help they need. Our center is in Gresham OR, which is where we lead and organize day shelters and a worship service. We also have a community house in N. Portland where housing is being provided for a few people and opportunities for community worship. We are connected to ministries in SE Portland and St. Johns, where we distribute food and clothing. And finally, through the internet, we educate people from almost every country in the world about homelessness, mental illness and the Christian response to each.

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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Bible Verses About the Poor

~The society that listens to God’s word and provides for the poor will have no poor among them. 
 However, because of the disobedience of his people, the poor will always be among the people. (Deuteronomy 15:4-11)

~While many love the rich, even the neighbor of the poor hates them. If you hate your neighbor in need, you sin, but if you help the poor, God blesses you. (Proverbs 14:20-21)

~The Creator will punish the one who mocks the poor. (Proverbs 17:5)

~Sell what you have and give to the poor. (Luke 12:33)

~Invite the poor to your parties and events. (Luke 14:13)

~Associate with the lowly, treating them as equals, and so love your neighbor as yourself. (James 2:1-8)

~The one who is kind to the poor is giving a loan to God and God will repay in time. (Proverbs 19:17)

~Until the poor are assisted, God will not listen to our prayers. But after we do justice to the oppressed, then the Lord will answer our cries. (Isaiah 58:6-11)

~The economics of God is that those who have more than what they need give to those who have need, so that everyone’s need is met. At another time, one who was given to will give to those who gave, so all give and all receive in their need. (II Corinthians 8:12-15)

~When you give, give out of compassion and care for the other person’s need, or it does you no good.
 (I Corinthians 13:3)

~When you give to the poor, do it for God’s sake, not for your own benefit so others will be impressed or give you benefit for your giving. If you give to be rewarded by men, you will receive nothing from God for your work. (Matthew 6:1-3)

~No matter how great you think you are, if you oppress the poor,
God will crush you and make you die.(Psalm 82)

~Those who oppress the poor will die at God’s hand,
but the righteous poor will be given the wealth of the wicked. (Psalm 37)
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