Daily Devotional

WE ARE ALL A KINDRED BLESSED FAMILY

July 11

eloved of God are you prejudiced against a person of another ethnic, religious or color grouping? If you are, you have not truly received the blessings of the person of the Lord Jesus. Indeed, you may be born again, and you may have some of the blessings of the Lord your God, but the word is plain and cannot be denied: ". . . and He (the Lord) has made from one blood every nation of men (people) to dwell on the face of the earth." (Acts 17:26a) Beloved there is no difference between you and any other person on the face of the earth who has confessed the Lord Jesus as Lord and Savior! I know this seems like a statement that is too simple for you. However, the Evil One has a strong tendency to sow dissention and division in the Body of Christ. Politicians love to promote differences and separations in people for their own gain. This is a great form of evil. Here are some good confessions: "Caucasians (light-skinned people) who are washed in the b blood of the Lord Jesus are my brothers and sisters. I will not allow history, or past conflict or racial memories to stop me from reaching out to these my brothers and sisters in love and grace; Black or dark-skinned peoples are more related to me as a Child of the King than to any one else on earth. We are together in the family of God Almighty, one in the Holy Spirit of the Lord; Red-skinned brothers and sisters are related more powerfully and closely to me because of the precious blood of Jesus which binds us together in family love as one in the Lord; Yellow-skinned brothers and sisters are just that, brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus through the experience of the "New Birth." All peoples of all mixtures of races when they are saved in Christ are of the same family as my own.” Good confessions, yes? Now, remember this, the true issue that joins you with others in this world is the fact that you have received the Lord Jesus personally as your Savior and Lord. If you refuse, judge, neglect, deny the other members of the "household of faith," you have done the same to your own Lord and Savior.

Prayer

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Father, I will now break with any tradition of the past in my family which judges, ostracizes or denies the expression of Christ's love to any other group of people because of their differences with me. I repent of this known sin in my life. I affirm that I will love all people that you send to me. I will deny no one this love and graciousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. In Jesus' name I pray, amen!