daily prayer

    Good morning! How are we faithing? There are a whole lot of things that hinder an appropriate walk with God. First of course is the acceptance of Jesus as messiah but today I want to address bigotry. We will only scratch the surface of this huge subject but I do hope you explore where your personal bigotries are and address them and pray for deliverance. Bigotry goes way further than skin color and ethnicity. I see bigotry from church to church. Oh sure if there are fundamental doctrinal differences I can understand avoidance of a church but spewing hate or condemnation is not righteous or productive or even biblical. I personally believe that methodology of administration of procedure is up to the individual church along guidelines found biblically and if church A does communion weekly and church B does it quarterly, who's to say one is more correct than the other? Bigotry lends itself to the notion church A has it together and church B is heretical, or visa versa. Church A people say church B people are doomed because of this. Church B looks down their nose at church A with condescending comments and actions. The uninformed receive these notions as new Christians and perpetuate the notion, dislike the other and don't even know why. I hear talk from other churches and the comments are unfounded or at the least bore out of jealousy or hatred. Someone driving a red Mustang cuts me off therefore all red Mustangs have bad drivers in them. How ludicrous and stupid is that? We all understand bigotry and we have to stop it. Did our savior avoid anyone? Did Jesus offer his grace and salvation to everyone except those who eat this or that or those who wear this or that? You'll not find that type of action anywhere in the Word. Jesus can save and change anyone who asks. If we were judged on past behavior or even present things, we'd all be doomed. It's time we stop this bickering and looking down our noses at others and jump in with both feet to this grace which leads to life. Are we so insecure that we have to have someone to diss to feel good about our self? Sad sad if we do.



Mark 2:16-17
And when the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax-gatherers, they began saying to His disciples, "Why is He eating and drinking with tax-gatherers and sinners?" And hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
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Luke 9:49-50
And John answered and said, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name; and we tried to hinder him because he does not follow along with us." But Jesus said to him, "Do not hinder him; for he who is not against you is for you."
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Acts 10:28
And he said to them, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; and yet God has shown me that I should not call any man unholy or unclean.
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Remember Kat...remember Sherry Trumble...
 
Heavenly Father,
  Thank you for your truth that sets us free. Thank you for showing yourself to us in your Word. Lord, forgive us for our weaknesses. We do apologize for contempt we harbor. Lord we seek your wisdom to act and to think righteously and charitably. Lord, heal those who are hurting. Set down on them and let your gladness and joy completely overwhelm them, in Jesus name we pray, amen