Recently we were at a dinner in which everyone pulled out a question from a box and then commented.
We decided to do something similar at a dinner with two families with children. We developed our own questions, some serious, some funny, some with Scripture, and some not. You might want to try something like this at your home with guests to get the conversation going. Some of the questions are as follows:
Do you like to dress up? Why? What places do you like to go to when you are dressed up? With whom?
What is your favorite place to go out to eat? Why? What do you like or dislike about church dinners together?
Who is/was your favorite teacher and why?
What is your favorite sport? Favorite team? Why?
What is most important: eye glasses, shoes, hearing aides or clothes?
What is your favorite food and why? Who cooks it the best: your mom, grandmother, who?
What is your favorite soup? Who makes it best?
When was the last time you laughed (or smiled big) and why? Do you like to laugh?
When was the last time you cried (or had tears) and why?
What is your mom’s favorite color? What is (was) the best thing you liked to do with your mom (and dad)?
What is your favorite day of the week and why? What do you like to do on this day?
What is your favorite animal? Why?
What is your favorite book in the Bible? Why?
Describe your most favorite hot dog. How do you make it the best?
How long should a sermon be? 15 minutes? 20 minutes? 45 minutes? Why?
What is your most favorite book (not the Bible) you have ever read? Christian book? Non-Christian book?
How many times do you say “thank you” to others everyday? Give one or two examples of when you said “thank you” today, to whom and why.
What makes a good friend?
Where if your favorite place to go and visit? With whom?
Who is your favorite person in the Old Testament? Why? In the New Testament? Why?
What was the last present you received? From whom?
What was the last present you gave to someone? To whom?
So when you have people over for lunch or dinner this week, you might want to use some of these questions or ones that you develop. The key thing, however, is to have people over. Do you practice hospitality? Have you opened your home to others in the name of Christ?
Even though hospitality is one of the basic requirements of a leader in a local church, many ministry leaders never practice hospitality. That does not mean the rest of us can’t. A simple meal and your home open the door for you to minister the grace of God in people’s lives, to share the gospel, help you disciple, and work on issues that need to be dealt with in the Word of God.
In closing, let me share a great verse with you from Hebrews 13, Through Him (Jesus) then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased (Hebrews 13:15-16,nasb).
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