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A Call to Prayer for Societal Injustice
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Mary Donovan Turner | Read Isaiah 50:4-9
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Sign Up TodayToday’s passage comes from Isaiah’s third servant song. In the servant songs, Israel or the prophet testifies to the calling God has given—the calling to live out and bear witness to God’s presence in the world. In this song, the servant says, “The Lord God has given me the tongue...
Loving God, open our ears to hear the wisdom of those around us, those who are different from ourselves, perhaps even our enemies. Amen.
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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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