Poverty need not shut us out from showing hospitality. We are to impart what we have. There are those who struggle for a livelihood and who have great difficulty in making their income meet their necessities; but they love Jesus in the person of His saints and are ready to show hospitality to believers and unbelievers, trying to make their visits profitable. At the family board and the family altar the guests are made welcome. The season of prayer makes its impression on those who receive entertainment, and even one visit may mean the saving of a soul from death. For this work the Lord makes a reckoning, saying: “I will repay.” {6T 347.2}

Fattigdom behøver ikke at udelukke os fra at vise gæstfrihed. Vi skal give af det, vi har. Der findes sådanne, som kæmper for deres udkomme og som med deres indtægt har meget vanskeligt for at skaffe det fornødne; men de elsker Jesus i hans hellige skikkelse og er rede til at vise gæstfrihed mod troende og ikke? troende og prøver på at gøre deres besøg gavnlige. Ved familiebordet og ved familiealteret bydes gæsterne velkommen. Bedestunden gør sit indtryk på dem, der nyder gæstfrihed og endog blot ét besøg kan betyde en sjæls frelse fra døden. Herren holder regnskab med denne gerning og siger: "Jeg skal betale."