Use what you have to meet a real need for someone else.

Keep your help private unless it brings you credit.

Offer warm words, but leave the practical need unchanged.

If you would like to receive Jesus, pray this with me: Lord Jesus, you are the giver of life and the one who truly supplies what I need. I admit that I have sinned and tried to live apart from your care. I believe you died for my sins and rose again. I turn from my sin and trust you as my Lord and Savior. Take my life, forgive me, and teach me to live under your saving care. Amen.

Receive the One Who Gives Life

Lord, revive your Church so we become a place where the weary are sheltered, the hungry are fed, and the overlooked are not forgotten. Make us beautiful in holiness and fruitful in mercy, so many can find rest in the care you give through your people, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Make Your Church a Place of Refuge

Thank God for the beauty he places in the world, for food that meets real need, for shelter given at the right time, and for the way he sustains more lives than we notice.

Give Thanks for Quiet Provision

Name one resource, skill, or space you have. Ask God to show you how it can become practical care for someone this week.

Ask to Become a Giver of Shelter

Pray for people who are short on food, rest, safety, or support. Ask God to see them, provide for them, and use his people to help.

For Those Who Lack What They Need

Worship God for generous care that is not small or narrow, for his ability to make life fruitful, and for the way his goodness reaches many kinds of creatures.

Praise the God Who Feeds Many Lives

עָפְיֵ֤הּ{a-fe-YEH###aa-feh-YEH###its leaves} שַׁפִּיר֙{sha-PIR###shah-PEER###beautiful} וְאִנְבֵּ֣הּ{ve-in-BEH###veh-ihn-BEH###and its fruit} שַׂגִּ֔יא{sa-GI###sah-GEE###abundant} וּמָזוֹן{u-ma-ZON###oo-maa-ZOHN###and food} לְכֹ֖לָּא־בֵֽהּ{le-kho-LA-beh###leh-koh-LAA-beh###for all was in it} תְּחֹתֵ֣והִי{te-kho-TE-hi###teh-khoh-TEH-hee###under it} תַּטְלֵ֣ל{tat-LEL###taht-LEEL###found shade} חֵיוַ֣ת{kheh-WAT###kheh-WAAT###the beasts of} בָּרָ֗א{ba-RA###baa-RAA###the field} וּבְעַנְפֹ֤והִי֙{u-ve-an-FO-hi###oo-veh-an-FOH-hee###and in its branches} יְדֻר֣ן{ye-DUN###yeh-DUHN###dwelt} יְדוֹרָ֔ן{ye-DOR###yeh-DOHR###lived} צִפְּרֵ֖י{tsif-RE###tsihf-REH###birds of} שְׁמַיָּ֣א{she-ma-YA###sheh-mah-YAA###the heavens} וּמִנֵּ֖הּ{u-min-NEH###oo-mihn-NEH###and from it} יִתְּזִ֥ין{yit-ZEEN###yih-tseen###was fed} כָּל־בִּשְׂרָֽא׃{kol-bis-RA###kaal-bihs-RAA###all flesh}

Daniel 4 : 12 - Provision, Shelter, Universality

Its foliage  was beautiful, and its fruit was abundant, and food was there for all. Under it the beasts of the field  were shaded, and in its branches the birds of heaven dwelt, and from it all flesh was fed.

	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Pe	p with dagesh; f without
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r

שַׁפִּיר֙

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In context — Daniel 4:12

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