text: how many hours of community service work is god going to requie of you to get into heaven? jesus gave some rather clear orders about helping others.  what are some really good ways to help god's children? he may have given very clear points about "helping others", but failed to mention a required amount of "time involvement"- so i personally don't feel that there's a certain number of hours you need to worry about - in fact, i think you're missing the whole point. the attitude you should think about having (when giving help to others) is giving because you want to- and doing what you can when you see someone in need. it's not about something that "has an end", it's about a way of living- an attitude towards life while you're here. it's not like a "community service sentence" you're trying to fulfill, it's about fulfilling your purpose for being here, and finding the desire to be a humanitarian in this world- to connect spiritually with all people and with a purpose outside of yourself and your life, that transcends materiality and the selfishness seen so readily in our world. to connect with others (and helping is a good way to do this)- is to connect with god as well. the wish i think god has of us all is to view helping others as our purpose- our "higher purpose", and something that we should want to do on a regular basis for all the time that we live. i don't think that "counting the hours" involved will get you into "heaven".