Foundations for Christian Mission, Mentor's Guide, MG04

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F O U N D A T I O N S F O R C H R I S T I A N M I S S I O N

a. Lev. 25.25

b. Lev. 25.35

c. Lev. 25.36-39

2. Famine, Acts 11.27-29

3. Things lying outside of one’s control, e.g., Job

a. Job 1.1-3

b. Job 1.13-19

B. Personal laziness and slothfulness

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1. Poverty comes powerfully and suddenly upon the person who refuses to work, Prov. 6.6-11.

2. Slothfulness tends to place the person so afflicted under the control of another, Prov. 12.24.

3. Hunger is the legacy of an idle person, Prov. 19.15.

4. Slothfulness affects every part of the life, Prov. 19.24.