Love Your Neighbor's Wallet

July 17, 2026•1 min read

“Love your neighbor as yourself.” - Matthew 22:39

Loving our neighbors includes caring about their economic wellbeing. If we love ourselves enough to want healthcare when we’re sick, we should love our neighbors enough to support universal healthcare. If we love ourselves enough to want fair wages for our work, we should love our neighbors enough to advocate for living wages for everyone.

Too often, we compartmentalize love, caring about people’s spiritual needs while ignoring their economic struggles. But Jesus didn’t separate spiritual and material concerns. He fed the hungry, healed the sick, and challenged economic systems that oppressed the poor.

Loving our neighbors today means supporting policies that help them thrive economically. It means opposing systems that trap them in poverty or debt. It means using our political voice to advocate for their needs, not just our own interests.

True neighbor love translates into economic policies that ensure everyone has access to life’s necessities.

Prayer:

God of love, help me love my neighbors enough to advocate for their economic wellbeing, not just my own. Amen.

Dr. Delman Coates|Senior Pastor|

Rev. Dr. Delman Coates is an accomplished scholar, pastor, and communicator whose academic journey spans some of the nation's most prestigious institutions. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Morehouse College (1995), a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School (1998), and both a Master of Philosophy in Religion (2002) and a Ph.D. in New Testament and Early Christianity (2006) from Columbia University. Since February 2004, he has faithfully served as Senior Pastor of Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Maryland. Dr. Coates also extends his ministry beyond the pulpit as host of No Limits with Pastor Delman, a weekly broadcast ministry reaching audiences with messages of faith, hope, and transformation.

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