SCRIPTURAL GUIDE  

Mt 5:13-16—Salt and light for the world

Mt 5:23-25—Forgiveness and reconciliation

Mt 5:38-48—Give your coat, walk the extra mile

Mt 7:21; Lk 6:46-49—Combine your prayer with action

Mt 15:32—Compassion and sense of responsibility

Mt 20:26-28—Christians must be servants

Mt 23:11—Be a servant

Mt 25:31-46—The Last judgement; whatever we do to others, we do to Christ

Mk 6:30-37—Give them something to eat yourselves

Mk 9:35; 10:41-45—To be first before God, be a servant

Mk 12:41-44—The widow’s offering

Lk 6:20-26—The Beatitudes

Lk 6:27-35—Make peace through nonviolence and love of enemies

Lk 10:25-37—The Good Samaritan

Lk 15:1-7—Jesus associated with the outcasts; the lost sheep

Lk 24:49—Christ empowers us to continue his work

Jn 6:5-13—Christ feeds the hungry

Jn 13:34-35—Love, the distinctive characteristic of a Christian

Jn 14:10-17—Those who believe in Christ will do the same and greater works through the Spirit

Rom 12:9-13, 16-17—One body in Christ; serving others

Rom 12:10-18—Make hospitality your special care; make friends with the poor

Rom 13:8-10—Our only debt is to love one another

Rom 14:17-19—The kingdom is justice, peace and joy

1 Cor 12:7-11—The gifts of the Holy Spirit are tools for building community

1 Cor 12:24-26—If one suffers, all suffer

1 Cor 16:1-4—Set aside money to aid others

2 Cor 8:1-15—Be generous in sharing with the needy

Gal 5:13-15—Use your freedom to serve others

Gal 5:22-23—The fruits of the Holy Spirit

Gal 6:2—Bear one another’s burdens

Heb 13:1-3—welcome strangers, remember those imprisoned

Jas 1:22-27—Be doers, not only hearers of the word

Jas 2:1-9—Love your neighbor, treat all with dignity

Jas 2:14-14—Faith without actions is dead

KEY:  Mt=Matthew, Mk=Mark, Lk=Luke, Jn=John, Rom=Romans, 1 Cor= First Corinithians, 2 Cor= Second Corinthians, Gal=Galatians, Heb=Hebrews, Jas=James