Monday, January 21, 2013

Day 15 - Following Jesus

Numbers 9:23  So they camped or traveled at the Lord’s command, and they did whatever the Lord told them through Moses.

God is looking for our willingness to follow Him in obedience.  We can try and sugar coat that all we want, but God is still looking for us to obey! We still believe in grace and God's love.  Because of grace and love we are called to believe God is good and following Him is the best possible life. 

On this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday,  I encourage us to continue to become a people and a church that follows God in the area of treating others with love and respect.  Identify your prejudices.  Pray that God would help you overcome those prejudices.  Let's become a church known for our fighting injustice and racist in obedience to God!  

Pray for our president today!  Whether we agree or disagree with him is not the point, the point is to pray for him.  I had a friend pray for the president the other day, but the prayer we degrading and insulting.  Not sure that is the type of prayer that God honors.  

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