James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Matthew 12:30 NIV — “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

John 14:27. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Mark 1:15. NIV and saying, “The time has come, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.

John 14:27. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

James 2:15-17 ESV — If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

John 15:12 ESV — “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.

John 14:27. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Let’s pray…

Jesus said, "Repent, and believe in the good news!

The kingdom of God is in your midst; it is within you."

Let's fuel that presence with the power and audacity

to imagine better versions of ourselves and our communities:

To love God with all our Heart, and mind, and soul;

To love one another as Jesus loved us; and

To love ourselves with no conditions.

Let's nurture and share that presence to seek the courage

to go to the margins to join those whose burdens are more than they can bear

because, it's the only way that we'll stop throwing people away, and

remind ourselves that we belong to one another.

[We pray for those people living on the margins of society, in inhumane life conditions; may they not be overlooked by institutions and never considered of lesser importance.]

In the name of the father, son and holy Spirit,

Amen.

Galatians 6:9 Don't give up

Matthew 12:30 NIV — “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Luke 17:21 … behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

John 14:27. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.