Galatians 3:26-28 “So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
Prayer: Reconciling God, you have given us a new label, designating us as Your children. Human labels of ethnicity, race, gender, class, ability and status have no meaning to you. In your great love, you have united us together in Christ, yet we have held on to the old divisions. We have maintained the labels of the world and in the process have exalted some and disparaged others, all while cloaking ourselves with out-of-context Scripture to justify ourselves. Forgive us for diminishing Christ in those who are different from us. Forgive us for mirroring the world in our treatment of one another. Help us create a welcoming community, with you as our center, joined hand in hand in your love. We ask this in the name of Jesus- the wall-breaker. Amen.
Tongue on Fire 