Verse and Voice 06/15/23

June 15, 2023

Verse of the day

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.”
Zechariah 7:9-10

Voice of the day

… white Christians have allowed the sins of racial injustice to pollute the very ground of our nation. And yet, racial injustice perpetuated by white Christians is not an inevitability. God’s zeal for justice has not waned. Today is the day to repent, to obey, to tell the truth, to be a faithful city.

Robert L. Foster, “What Does It Look Like to Do Justice Now?”

Prayer of the day

Lord, no matter how entrenched evil may be in systems and in our world, you remind us that such realities are not inevitable. Today, help us to strive for repentance and change.