Verse and Voice 08/21/23

August 21, 2023

Verse of the day

For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord God. Turn, then, and live.
Ezekiel 18:32

Voice of the day

I am very much a proponent of that sort of Augustinian theology that says the Lord has no other hands but ours and no other feet but ours. I think that’s the message the white church needs to hear, too: that thoughts and prayers are not enough, that it will take our hands and our feet joining in with the will of God.

Rev. Julian Armand Cook, ‘I Had Run out of Massacre Sermons’

Prayer of the day

Lord who delights in life, we lament those who have lost their lives due to terrorism. May we be a people who do more than pray but who use our hands and feet to bring life to the word.