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“But I say to you, do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also…” Matthew 5:39 NRSV OBSERVATION:  We often read these words of Jesus as a radical to passivity. In truth, His teaching calls for a much deeper confrontation than a reciprocal act of violence.Continue reading “DAY 24: Police”

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. – John 15:13 To grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit – Isaiah 61:3Continue reading “DAY 23: Firemen”

“For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every goodContinue reading “DAY 22: Our judges and the judicial system”

“Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.”  -Acts 9:31 OBSERVATION:  The churches had been suffering persecution for which reason they experienced anguish and suffering, but God who has controlContinue reading “DAY 21: Praise of the Holy Spirit”

“He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.” -Psalms 72:4 NKJV OBSERVATION:  Today we are mindful of the children who find themselves in foster care, the families they are taken from, the families that take them in, andContinue reading “DAY 20: Kids in foster care”

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.” – Matthew 25:35-36Continue reading “DAY 19: Nonprofit agencies making a difference in our community”

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. – Galatians 3:28 OBSERVATION:  Our community has so many things to be thankful for and so many things going for it but there is still much work thatContinue reading “DAY 18: Race relations and unity in the community”

“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” Romans 12:9

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.”  – I CorinthiansContinue reading “DAY 16: For the various congregations and unity among them”

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work andContinue reading “DAY 15: Local business owners”