Christian Reflection and Prayer

Verse

 

Let each of you look not to your own interests,
but to the interests of others.

Philippians 2:4

 

Voice

 

Live for yourself and you will live in vain;
Live for others, you will live again.
Bob Marley

 

Prayer

 

God, motivate us to seek justice, even when
the outcome won't affect us.

 

(Sojourners,   sojo.net)

Psalms 119:1-2,4-5,17-18,33-34; I Corinthians 2:6-10;
Matthew 5:17-37

 

"... go and be reconciled with your brother first"
(Matthew 5:24).

 

It seems clear, and for a variety of reasons, that many
people feel as though we are living in difficult days.
Perhaps your are among them. In an apparent response
to that mood, there was an amusing image portrayed
recently in a popular magazine. Pictured in a department
store is a shopper, standing in front of an attractive
display of neatly stacked pillows. The store clerk is
pointing to the shelves as he says, "No. These are
pillows for screaming into. You'll find our sleeping pillows
on the second floor."

 

Of course, difficult days summon in us a variety of
emotions. And while screaming into our pillows is far
better than taking out our frustrations on those closest to
us, the Gospel writers tell us, over-and-over again, that
there is a Truly better way. Put your faith and trust in
God's plan for living and you will be blest. Your faith will
bring you happiness. Your faith will bring you fulfillment.
Your faith will bring you ever closer to becoming the
person God created you to be. Indeed, it is your steadfast
faith that will transform your most difficult days into
Blessed days of fulfillment.

 

Jesus came into this world and preached a Good News
Gospel about God's Rule and God's Love. Time and again,
and in many different ways, He said, "You will recognize
by their fruits the persons whose faith and trust in God's
ways bring them into His Kingdom." You will know them,
He said, by the difference this faith and trust has made in
the way they live. And because their faith and trust in God
have made a difference in the way they live, they are blest,
they are happy.

 

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Verse

 

Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence,
but a false witness speaks deceitfully.
Proverbs 12:17

 

Voice

 

Anyone who has used the power of his office as
United States Attorney to intimidate and chill the
free exercise of the ballot by citizens should not
be elevated to our courts. Mr. [Jeff] Sessions has
used the awesome powers of his office in a shabby
attempt to intimidate and frighten elderly black voters.
Coretta Scott King

 

Prayer

 

God, let us walk in truth, live in truth, and be brave
enough to speak the truth.

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