“Believers can uniquely display God’s love as they extend hospitality…Food and other elements are merely tools used to express our love for people. Our motivation for being hospitable women is a response to God’s work in our lives. Hospitality is one way we can tangibly demonstrate our love for God.”
The call to practice hospitality is a command given to all believers (Romans 12:13). “Practicing” means that we are to pursue, strive for, and actively look for opportunities to show hospitality. As women of God, we are given unique gifts to demonstrate Christ’s love through being willing to open our doors in ministry unto others. Hospitality is a form of giving! It’s not about having our act together with a gourmet meal and perfectly decorated home, but rather it is an attitude of the heart…a welcoming, generous, compassionate desire to serve and spread the love of Christ. It is also not limited to your home, but rather a lifestyle of giving!
Practicing Hospitality: The Joy of Serving Others by Pat Ennis & Lisa Tatlock will assist you in fulfilling this command through supplying you with the vision and excitement to see how you can take part in extending His kingdom by simply opening your home and life to others. The authors delve into topics of extending hospitality first and foremost to your own family, keeping your household managed so you can be prepared for hospitality, in addition to a wealth of ideas, recipes and resources for all aspects of serving others. This book is for single and married individuals alike as the authors provide tangible ideas for both audiences on how to fulfill this command.
Please join us for our upcoming book study using Practicing Hospitality. Our study has been extended to begin on February 1st, and we will read one chapter each week and have a discussion posted weekly on Mondays after the conclusion of each chapter, so order your copy today!
Giveaway
We would like to offer a copy of this book as a giveaway, thanks to the folks at Crossway Books. You can be entered to win a copy of this book by simply adding a comment below. To be entered twice in the giveaway, pass on the word at your blog about this book study and giveaway and come back and post a link to your site. We want to encourage as many women as possible to be blessed by the wonderful contents of this inspiring book! There will be one randomly drawn winner.
UPDATE: Due to the wonderful response we have received in response to this giveaway, Pat Ennis, one of the authors contacted me and would like to contribute another 9 copies of this book to our giveaway. SO I am thrilled to say there will be ten winners!
Giveaway has ended.
I would LOVE to have this book! Please enter me in the giveaway!
I have often admired the hospitality of some of the ladies in my church and wanted to become better at that, I look forward to following this study.
Thank you for this opportunity.
I look foreward to reading your blog each day.
Blessings, Susanne
It seems as a lot of us want to work on our hospitality skills. Right now I feel like I don’t possess any and this book/study is a great idea. You are an inspiration!
This book looks great!
Just started reading your blog and I think I am going to love it!
What a wonderful sounding book that I know I could be refreshed by in this area of hospitality. When friends come over, I love to hear comments like “Your house feels so cozy and warm.” Thanks for the opportunity.
Nancy
This sounds like the perfect gift for a bridal shower -I’ll be looking for it in my local Christian bookstore – thanks for the review!
I came across your blog a few months ago and it was like finding the workings of my heart in written form. Since the beginning of our marriage, my husband and I have worked toward living simply in order to give as much as we can. Finding encouragement from your blog in that very same direction is such a blessing to me, dear sister. It is amazing how often you present topics that allign with the Spirit’s leading in my life. Hospitality, for example, is the area in which I have been feeling led to surrender more and more of myself. It would be so wonderful to win a copy of this book and read it. Regardless, you can be sure that I will be participating in the study and that God will use it to encourage me.
I posted details of this discussion on my site.
Becky
I am looking forward to the discussion. Thanks for being an inspiration!
Becky
This looks like a great book!!
i am very interested in reading and studing this book, and entering in the giveaway!!!
Sounds like a great book!
Great idea.
That book sounds great!
I’m excited to read this book. I’d love to win a copy! I put a posting up on my blog too! Check it out: http://nalaville.blogspot.com/2009/01/book-im-excited-to-read.html. Thanks!
I’m sure this book is really good! I would love to read it. monk5@charter.net
I wrote about the giveaway on my blog.
http://mamajourney.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/practicing-hospitality-book-giveaway/
Thanks for the great giveaway! This looks like a great book.
Please enter me in the giveaway! I am posting on my blog too!
Thank you!
thank you for your site and for the give away opportunity. Sounds like a wonderful book!
This sounds like a great book – I’d love to read it. Thanks!
oooooooh! Yeah! What fun! I wanted to read it anyways…come Lindsay – draw my name!
This is one of my big goals for 2009! Thanks
This sounds like a terrific book and I would love to win a copy!
This is certainly an area I would love to grow.
Thank you for this giveaway! I would love to win this and could use some encouragement in this area.
It would be great to win this. I’m looking forward to the study!
As a blessed recipient of your fabulous hospitality on occasion, I’d love to study this book with you! Too bad I don’t have a blog to link to!
Free stuff!!! It sounds like a good book.
I would love to read this book – it sounds wonderful!
i would love to read this book.
thanks for sharing.
I wrote about the book study and giveaway on my site. Here is the link:
http://www.virtuouslivingrocks.blogspot.com/
Thank God my chances have been raised since there will be 10 winners!
I think this book sounds really interesting. I’d love to read it.
Hospitality is one of those areas I always struggle with. What an encouragement.
This is something I’ve been trying to improve in my life. This book would be a great help! Thanks for the giveaway!!
Looking forward to checking this book out!
I have always had a heart for hospitality but could really use some practical ideas on managing my home and extending hospitality. I really look forward to your study in this area.
I would love to read this book. Thanks for hosting such a thoughtful giveaway.
What great encouragement to improve in such an important area! Thanks for working so hard on your blog. I posted about the giveaway on mine!
would love to read this book ,thanks.
would love to read this book! feel like hospitality is an area i have lots of room to grow in! bless you for the inspiring blog!
I look forward to reading this book, and also to teaching my daughter to be a hospitable young lady!
Oh, I’d love to read this book!
I would love to read this book with you!
Thank you for your generosity. I would love to read this book. For years I thought that I didn’t have the gift of hospitality (and told my husband that!). But God has really changed my heart on this. I not only really enjoy it now, I like to make it a goal to do once a week if possible. Thank you for wanting to share this book with others.
Love reading your blog. It has been an ecouragement to me. Thank you for what you are doing. God will bless it.
This is where I am right now…found your blog through Sara @ LiveLightly, I’m very encouraged! Blessings, Kristy