Cliff Notes For Helping Others

I don't know why, but it seems that we make helping others really hard to do. There's always a lot of talk about what we want to do but in the end we seem to be hesitant to step out confidently with the knowledge of what God wants us to do.

Here are some "cliff notes" for helping others:

Loose the chains of injustice

Untie the cords of the yoke

Set the oppressed free

Break every yoke

Share your food with the hungry

Provide the poor wanderer with shelter

when you see the people without clothes, clothe them

Take care of your own family

Do away with the yoke of the oppression

Do away with accusations

Do away with malicious talk

Go out of your way to help hungry people

Satisfy the needs of the oppressed

Rebuild what others have torn down

Lay a foundation for people to live their life on

Repair broken walls

Restore homes

Honor the Lord over doing your own thing

Don't speak idle words.

I've taken this list from Isaiah 58. (paraphrased) It's interesting to me that "setting the oppressed free" is mentioned three times. "Feeding the hungry" is also listed twice. Why do you think these are mentioned repeatedly?