Evening Prayer: Clobbering the Clobber Texts
Dear God of Love and Justice, Tonight I come to You with an open Bible and an open heart. First Peter 5:3 warns against lording...
This is devotionals, drawing on 1 Peter 5:3. It carries an emotional tone of hope, compassion and love.
Dear God of Love and Justice, Tonight I come to You with an open Bible and an open heart. First Peter 5:3 warns against lording authority over those entrusted to our care — and I confess how easily I reach for scripture like a weapon rather than a lamp. Forgive me for the times I have wielded Your Word to wound rather than to heal, to silence rather than to listen.…
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