“Your Life Matters”
Micah 6:8(CEV)
The Lord has told us what is right and what he demands: see that justice is done, let mercy be your first concern, and humbly obey your God.
The church will defeat racism when the church unites as one body.
1 Corinthians 12:26a(NIV)
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it;
Romans 12:15(NIV)
Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
How can we reconcile the hurt and stop the injustice of racism?
- admit racism is real
We can't be part of a solution to a problem we don't acknowledge exists
- listen
Matthew 11:6(ESV)
And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.”
We can't be part of a solution to a problem we don't acknowledge exists
- pray
2 Chronicles 7:14(NIV)
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
John 17:20-21(NIV)
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who believe in me through their message, that all of them might be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe you have sent me.
John 17:23b(NIV)
Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."
We can't be part of a solution to a problem we don't acknowledge exists
- love
Proverbs 10:12(NIV)
Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers all wrongs.
