Saturday, February 22 

African-American History and Heritage Month

Ask and It Is Yours!

Matthew 7:7-11 NRSV

Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.  (Matthew 7:7)

Asked and given, sought and found, knocked on and opened; how do these match up with your testimony to God’s faithfulness and the power of prayer?

Friday, February 21

African-American History and Heritage Month

Justice for Those Who Pray Fervently

Luke 18:1-8 NRSV

I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” (Luke 18:8)

Pray and work for justice; in God’s time, God will surely grant it.

Thursday, February 20

African-American History and Heritage Month

The Holy Spirit Empowers Believers

Acts 1:6-11 NRSV

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.  (Acts 1:8)

The Holy Spirit gives us the power we need to be more than conquers.

Pray for the work of the Global Development Council Meeting, February 17-20, 2020; Montego Bay, Jamaica, as well as for the Samuel DeWitt Proctor 2020 Clergy & Lay Leadership Conference,  February 17-20, 2020; Arlington, VA

Wednesday, February 19

African-American History and Heritage Month

Jesus Prays for Future Believers

John 17:20-26 NRSV

I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.” (John 17:26)

Just as Jesus prayed for future believers, we are called to pray for those who are yet to believe that they might experience and embrace the love with which he gives to us.

Pray for the work of the Global Development Council Meeting, February 17-20, 2020; Montego Bay, Jamaica, as well as for the Samuel DeWitt Proctor 2020 Clergy & Lay Leadership Conference,  February 17-20, 2020; Arlington, VA

Tuesday, February 18

African-American History and Heritage Month

God Forms the Holy Nation

Ezekiel 36:22-28 NRSV

A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.  (Ezekiel 36:26)

When we place our lives fully in the hands of God, God can create something new and more wonderful for our ultimate benefit and for God’s glory.

Pray for the work of the Global Development Council Meeting, February 17-20, 2020; Montego Bay, Jamaica, as well as for the Samuel DeWitt Proctor 2020 Clergy & Lay Leadership Conference,  February 17-20, 2020; Arlington, VA