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February 25, 2019

All Are Invited

Gary Lee Griffin (Georgia)

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There is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or 
uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. - Colossians 3:11 (NIV)

I grew up very poor, the son of sharecroppers. One day, I heard about an upcoming birthday party for one of the neighborhood children that we played with. All week I was excited about getting to go to the party and play with the other kids, eat cake and ice...

Today's Prayer
Dear Lord, help us always to be sensitive to the needs of others and invite them to our churches and to the Lord’s Table. Amen.
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Today's Reading
Galatians 3:26-29

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With Christ, I am never rejected.

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