Tuesday, February 7                 African American History and Heritage Month

A Holy Nation

Exodus 19:1-8

The people all answered as one: “Everything that the Lord has spoken we will do.” Exodus 19:8a NRSV

Holiness is a way of life. 

Monday, February 6                 African American History and Heritage Month

God’s Children and Heirs

Galatians 4:1-7

So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God. Galatians 4:7 NRSV

As we grow spiritually, we also grow to appreciate the gift it is to say that we are a child of God.

Sunday, February 5                   African American History and Heritage Month

God Chooses the Lowly and Despised

1 Corinthians 1:25-31

God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are. 1 Corinthians 1:28 NRSV

God is always creating a place for those otherwise uninvited.

 Saturday, February 4                African American History and Heritage Month

God Confounds the Wise

1 Corinthians 1:18-24

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18 NRSV

God’s Good News is a life line!

International Day of Human Fraternity

https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-fraternity

Friday, February 3                      African American History and Heritage Month

Who Am I Before God?

2 Samuel 7:18-29

Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have wrought all this greatness, so that your servant may know it. 2 Samuel 7:21 NRSV

God is willing to go to great lengths to remind us who we are and whose we are.