Written by Toyohiko Kagawa (1888-1960), a Japanese Christian pacifist, and Christian reformer. This is an excerpt from his book “Living Out Christ’s Love.”
It is impossible to restrict the gospel of Christ to narrow limits. It redeems the sins of the past, restores the present, and stimulates development in the future. Moreover, this is not merely for the individual but for society as well. We must conceive of it as the liberation of the entire human race. The gospel is the message of a year of jubilee, of a year of rejoicing. It should mean the liberation economically, politically, socially, physiologically, and spiritually of the human race. It must mean the true emancipation of the whole humanity.
Prayer:
Written by Brian Doyle (1956-2017), and author and editor.
Father, thank You for your beautiful, multicultural, intergenerational family, gathering in so many countries. Revive and sanctify us, I pray. Make us a house of prayer for all nations. And set our hearts on fire again with the good news of your gospel.
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