July 13, 2020

Unconventional Places

Terri Foster (South Carolina, USA)

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We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. - Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)

Strip clubs aren’t places you would typically expect a church group to go in search of friends. But for years, my friend Tonya and other women from her church went there regularly to cultivate relationships. With permission from club owners, the church women gave female employees free toiletries. Many of...

Today's Prayer

God of all, open our eyes and hearts to the hurting world around us. Help us to take every opportunity to share our faith with others. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

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Today's Reading

Ephesians 2:1-10

Thought for the Day

Where might I interact with someone who needs to know the good news of God’s love?

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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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—Rev. Sidwell Mokgothu, Limpopo Synod Bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and board member for Africa Upper Room Ministries