January 6

Bake cookies for them.

January 5

Invite to your house for fellowship.

January 4

"Laughter can conceal a heavy heart,

but when the laughter ends, the grief remains."

—Proverbs 14:1

No doubt there are people in your world who are experiencing the truth of this proverb. Always remember that there's more to people than their surface behavior shows. Perhaps this verse describes you as well right now. What can you do to lift the grief of someone else? Pray, certainly. Perhaps send a card or some other expression of your care. Even if your own heart is also heavy, reaching out to others can help your grief, too.

—Diane Eble, author of Abundant Gifts: A Daybook of Grace-Filled Devotions

January 3

Listen

We need friends to listen to us, not just to hear us, but to listen intently. Sometimes, we don't need to talk. We do a lot of mistakes even just by talking. Take time to listen. Listening tells a friend you are interested in what he or she is talking about.

January 2

Dinner

You can take your friend out for a nice dinner. Going out for a dinner is a break from the daily routine of eating at home. It would be good to have fellowship over dinner without worrying on what to cook and worrying about the cleaning up later.

January 1

Pray

There's nothing like praying for a friend. It does a lot of wonder. When I know somebody prays for me, I feel really encouraged and I know that I keep going because of prayers.

Introduction

Human has basic needs. Aside from food and shelter, we need love, acceptance, care, etc., from others. How do express that need? How do we satisfy that need? Aside from what we get from God, which is sufficient enough to last us our lifetime, we also need to have people around us fulfill and satisfy our needs.

People need love and care. How do we satisfy that need?

But first, let me categorize each need. This way, it is better and easier for us to determine which needs we have met and have given.

Physical
Emotional
Psychological
Physiological
Intellectual
Spiritual

I can only think of these categories so far. I will get back here once I find more. I am going to talk about it one by one.

I hope to be able to express my thoughts in dealing with peoples' needs, how to recognize those needs. And as a result, I am hoping to compile some ways to meet those needs.

We all need love and care. But depending on our personalities, we receive each care differently. As a start, let me tell you a story about this woman named Isabella or Bella for short (not her real name). Isabella went to another country, faced another culture, another language, with an intercultural team.

Bella was sent to another country by her church. The church thought that once they sent her, they could just leave her alone. The church thought that as a matured person being sent by church, she didn't need to be followed up with, didn't need to be communicated. Let God do the rest, they thought...