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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

Thought for the Day

With Christ, I am never rejected.

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To see our oneness in Christ


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I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.” 

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