Morning by Morning—Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays: "One Blood", One Love, "One God and Father of All"

Friday, June 12, 2020

"One Blood", One Love, "One God and Father of All" - June 12, 2020

Morning by Morning, June 12 - "One Blood", One Love, "One God and Father of All"

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are the "King of Kings and Lord of Lords" (Revelation 19:16). You are "Lord of All" (Acts 10:36). ...

As I look to You in prayer today, in the midst of a world that looks so dark and divided, I also see light and hope in the midst of it all. For wherever there's darkness, there will also be light (Isaiah 60:1). Wherever there's wickedness, there will also be righteousness (Matthew 13:30). Wherever there's evil, there will also be good (Romans 12:21). And wherever there's despair, there will also be hope (Romans 5:5). For You have not left Yourself without a witness in any place in our world (Acts 14:17).

Racism must be uprooted and replaced with respect. Violent destruction must be opposed with mutual honor and respect. Evil must be overcome with good, hate overcome with love, and darkness overcome with light. For as Your Word declares, we are all "one blood" in You:

"(God) has made form one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should (all) seek the Lord in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being ... 'For we are also His offspring'" (Acts 17:26-28).

It's the enemy of our souls that seeks to divide us, while You seek to unite us. It's the enemy of our souls that seeks to stir up division and strife with hatred and fear, pitting life and against life and race against race. It's the enemy of our souls who "comes only to steal and kill and destroy" but You "came that (we) may have life and have it abundantly" (John 10:10).

In You, there is no division, no racism, no prejudice, no violence, no murder, no injustice, no shame. "The Scripture says, 'No one who believes in (You) will be put to shame.' For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the Lord is Lord of all and generous to all who call on Him. For, 'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved'" (Romans 10:11-13). And the Scripture says, "If anyone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen" (1 John 4:20).

So I join with the prayers of my brothers and sisters in Christ around this world to pray that our hearts and our land be covered and cleansed in the "one Blood" that can makes us see one another, respect one another, honor one another, love one another, stand up and speak out for one another as "one blood" together with one another. "For He Himself is our Peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility" -- between Jew and Gentile, between one race and another, between all hearts divided by sin from our God (Ephesians 2:14). "For in (Jesus Christ) all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Him God was pleased to reconciled to Himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace by the Blood of His cross" (Colossians 1:19-20).

By His One Blood, there is "unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as (we) were called in one hope of (our) calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all who is above all, and through all and in (us) all" (Ephesians 4:3-6). One Blood, One Love, One God and Father of All. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

My Friend, may you be an ambassador of Christ, His light in the darkness through the One Blood of of the only One who can make us one in His Love and Light in our world, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!