God is calling you to cultivate that kind of love with some people this fall. That's the strategy in verse 8 for not losing your alien identity. In other words aliens in a foreign land need to get together in each other's homes. The more alien we feel in this world the more crucial this becomes. This is the way most of our small groups work.
Different people open their homes or apartments.
Something happens when you get into someone's home. It's as though the home is a doorway to the heart. Finally the strategy of verse 10 for maintaining your alien identity is the use of your gifts to minister God's grace to others. As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. The major work of the ministry at Bethlehem is not done by me or the staff or the elders.