Scriptural Foundations

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11)

“We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.” (I Thessalonians 2:8)

“He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger; giving him food and clothing.” (Deuteronomy 10:17-18)

“A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation.  God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity.” (Psalm 68:5-6)

“Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless, maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.  Rescue the weak and needy…”(Psalm 82:3-4)

“If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered.” (Proverbs 21:13)

“Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”(Matthew 19:14)

“But my life is worth NOTHING unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus.  The work of telling others the Good News about God’s wonderful kindness and love.” (Acts 20:24)

“Pure and faultless religion is this: to look after the orphans and widows in their distress.” (James 1:27)