Mark 12:29-31
New International Version (NIV)
29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a] 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[b] 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[c] There is no commandment greater than these.”
Thank You for today Lord. We are grieved about the killing in our neighborhood. A common enemy can often draw together people who otherwise might never be united together. When motives are behind specific acts, ignorance of the motives and intentions of others seem unimportant. People will do more when the outcome is expected to achieve more. Our hopes and dreams for a safer community are not for nothing. It has and will be our continual reality. We can unite rather than divide. We can answer the hard questions and ask the ones that need to be asked. When the enemy comes together with their enemy, guard yourself. All is not lost. The enemy of our enemy becomes our ally. Together defeat is imminent.
Mark 12:24
24 Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?
Mark 12:1-24 is important too.
People will constantly try to trip you up. They are dead set on keep the status quo. Don't change or challenge my authority is how they feel. Remember that if we want to reach them we have to teach them. We can't teach them if we can't reach them. Always make a stand for what is right, and pure and what is the truth. Truth can be subjective. Depending on which side of the fence your are standing on. People are so dead set on their way and have truly been brainwashed to believe that they are right. I watched Guess Who's Coming to Dinner last night, just the last hour of it, but it still has a message today. Just as many black people as white people are against uniting and having peace. We have to reach our own people to change their mindset. They think its been done like this for so many years, there is not any other way that it should or can be done. When you are successful at something that others feel cannot be achieved, their is anger and resentment. Not everyone is rooting for peace and quiet in the streets. God has blessed you to continue his work. Opposition is evident. I pray for you to have strength to never give up the fight. You are loved so much and need to the point that its overwhelming. Strengthen your heart and know that you can do all things through Christ Jesus. Fight the good fight of faith. I love you. Have a blessed day.
Thank You for today Lord. We are grieved about the killing in our neighborhood. A common enemy can often draw together people who otherwise might never be united together. When motives are behind specific acts, ignorance of the motives and intentions of others seem unimportant. People will do more when the outcome is expected to achieve more. Our hopes and dreams for a safer community are not for nothing. It has and will be our continual reality. We can unite rather than divide. We can answer the hard questions and ask the ones that need to be asked. When the enemy comes together with their enemy, guard yourself. All is not lost. The enemy of our enemy becomes our ally. Together defeat is imminent.
Mark 12:24
24 Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?
Mark 12:1-24 is important too.
People will constantly try to trip you up. They are dead set on keep the status quo. Don't change or challenge my authority is how they feel. Remember that if we want to reach them we have to teach them. We can't teach them if we can't reach them. Always make a stand for what is right, and pure and what is the truth. Truth can be subjective. Depending on which side of the fence your are standing on. People are so dead set on their way and have truly been brainwashed to believe that they are right. I watched Guess Who's Coming to Dinner last night, just the last hour of it, but it still has a message today. Just as many black people as white people are against uniting and having peace. We have to reach our own people to change their mindset. They think its been done like this for so many years, there is not any other way that it should or can be done. When you are successful at something that others feel cannot be achieved, their is anger and resentment. Not everyone is rooting for peace and quiet in the streets. God has blessed you to continue his work. Opposition is evident. I pray for you to have strength to never give up the fight. You are loved so much and need to the point that its overwhelming. Strengthen your heart and know that you can do all things through Christ Jesus. Fight the good fight of faith. I love you. Have a blessed day.
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