The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.
Today in the Mission Yearbook: December 1, 2016
MINUTE FOR MISSION: WORLD AIDS DAY - To connect with justice is to connect with the heart of God. It is a part of God’s core character. It is not optional but necessary. Jesus, the very fulfillment of Scripture—God on earth, here with us—declared in his first message that justice and compassion would be at the center of his ministry. In Luke 4:18-19 Jesus doesn’t say, “I am here just for your soul.” No, he declared that through the power of the Holy Spirit he was going to set captives free, bring sight to the blind, and break the chains of injustice!
December 1 is World AIDS Day. We don’t typically hear about HIV as a justice issue, but as we look at current research and listen to our HIV-positive brothers and sisters, we learn of stories of injustice, mass incarceration, poverty, lack of education, stigma and discrimination, and on and on ...
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