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We Have All The Gifts We Need

“For in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind… so that you are not lacking in any gift.” From 1 Corinthians 1:5-7

Over the last two days we reflected on verses eight and nine. Verse eight declares that we will be given the strength we need to carry out our purpose. Verse nine declares that we have been called to be partners in bringing God’s love into the world.

The verses immediately preceding are just as important. These verses declare that we individually and collectively have been given all the gifts and abilities needed to do the work we have been called to in addition to the strength.

Jeremiah thought he was too young. Moses thought he was too poor a speaker. Gideon thought he was too weak. Isaiah felt he was too unworthy. Esther feared for her very life. But God gave them all the strength and gifts they needed to fulfill their purpose.

When we feel like we are too small, we must remember that our God is very big. And that God has given us every gift we need.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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Partners In Love

“God is faithful, by whom you were called into the partnership of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”

- 1 Corinthians 1:9

We have been called into partnership. What is the nature of this partnership? What have been called to do?

The title Christ means the anointed one. A person who is anointed is a person who has been commissioned to fulfill a particular purpose and given the authority to carry it out.

What was Jesus’s anointing? What was and is his purpose? He embraced the words of Isaiah:

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord." - Luke 4:18-19

To create a world filled with individuals who experience justice and mercy, healing and hope… To create a world filled love is the mission. We have been called into partnership, to be partners in love.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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Strong Enough To Win

“He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.” - 1 Corinthians 1:8

Each of us has a purpose and a calling. We have all been called to use whatever gifts and resources we have to make the world a better place.

It’s not easy live our purpose. We have many obstacles to overcome both internally within ourselves and externally in the world. We sometimes feel discouraged and defeated. We too many times find ourselves tired and exhausted.

The Apostle Paul knew all these feelings. He faced them himself. But he also knew about the power of God’s love within and among. The power within us is greater than any obstacle before us.

The word blameless in the verse quoted above literally means not subject to accusation or blame. It means that no one will ever be able to accuse us of slacking off, giving up, or giving in because we have been given the power to face any and every challenge that comes our way.

In modern parlance, we have been made strong enough to win. Believe that.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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A Prayer for Hearts That Build

As we honor the life and witness of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we ask God to form our hearts in love, courage, and justice, that we may help build the peaceful and faithful world to which God calls us.

God of peace,

You have called us to build a better world,

but not with the tools of anger, fear, or hatred.

Search our hearts.

Remove what hardens us toward our neighbors—

even the ones we struggle to love.

Teach us to build with love:

love that is patient,

love that is courageous,

love that seeks justice without surrendering compassion.

When evil presses in—

from outside us or within us—

give us the strength to overcome it with good.

Make us instruments of the peace we long to see.

And let the world we build reflect the love you have first shown us.

Amen.

I’m Horace McMillon.

This is 60 Seconds of Hope.

Peace be with you.

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“Occasionally in life one develops a conviction so precious and meaningful that he will stand on it till the end."- Martin Luther King Jr

Everyone who has ever helped make the world freer, fairer, and safer shared something in common:

There was something that mattered to them more than comfort.

More than approval.

More than safety.

Hebrews tells us that Moses “chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures” of an easier life (Hebrews 11:25–26)—because he was looking ahead to something greater.

Meaningful change has always required that kind of clarity.

A willingness to risk what is temporary for what is eternal.

To endure inconvenience, hardship, even loss—because love, dignity, and faith mattered more.

So the question before us is simple, but not easy:

What matters to us?

And does it matter enough to shape our choices?

Let us pray:

God, give us the conviction and courage to stand for what matters, with unyielding faith and unshakable love.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

(Thanks for your prayers. I’ve been diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy, a condition that usually corrects in time. Thanks for your concern and well wishes. Your prayers are appreciated.)

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Built With Love, Or Not At All

“We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

As we seek to build a better world, there are three questions we must answer:

Who are we building for?

What are we trying to build?

And what are we building with?

We are building a world for all of our neighbors—and everyone is our neighbor, even our enemies.

We are trying to build a world free from violence, injustice, and exploitation, where everyone has access to the resources they need to live with dignity.

But such a world will never be built—or sustained—through anger, fear, bitterness, or hate.

Nor will it last if we allow ourselves to be consumed by greed, lust, or pride.

The world we seek can only be built for love, in love, and with love.

We cannot allow ourselves to be overcome by evil, either externally or internally.

As scripture reminds us, we must “overcome evil with good.”

— Romans 12:21

I’m Horace McMillon.

This is 60 Seconds of Hope.

Peace be with you.

(Thanks for your prayers. I’ve been diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy, a condition that usually corrects in time. Thanks for your concern and well wishes. Your prayers are appreciated.)

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The Cup That Cannot Satisfy

“Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

In my experience, most people who become angry and bitter have very real reasons.

Often, they—or the people they love—have suffered grievous harm, injury, or injustice.

Other times, they simply possess the compassion and moral imagination to grieve deeply for people they have never met.

When injustice leaves a bitter taste in our mouths, we are tempted to cleanse it by drinking from the cup of rage, followed by a chaser of revenge and retribution.

It may taste good in the moment—but it poisons us in the end and makes our spirits sick.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”

— Matthew 5:6

Salvation, liberation, and deliverance.

Redemption, restoration, and reconciliation.

Justice, equity, and equality.

These are the elements of righteousness.

These are the only things that will ever truly quench our thirst.

May we always thirst for righteousness, not rage.

I’m Horace McMillon.

This is 60 Seconds of Hope.

Peace be with you.

(Thanks for your prayers. I’ve been diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy, a condition that usually corrects in time. Thanks for your concern and well wishes. Your prayers are appreciated.)

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It’s Never Too Late To Start Again

“… Everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” - from Acts 10:43

So many of us have been stuck in broken situations for so long that we have accepted them as our reality. We keep engaging in the same dysfunctional patterns of thinking and behavior and hoping that somehow we will get a different outcome. Or worse, we already accepted the bad outcomes we know are coming.

The forgiveness that is described in Luke/Acts has nothing to do with placating the wrath of an angry God. It has nothing to do with upholding God’s honor. Forgiveness is about restoring lives, and relationships. Forgiveness delivers the forgiven from the pits of hopelessness and despair.

It’s never too late for the prodigal child to come back home. It’s never too late to begin again. It’s never too late to become the person you were meant to be. No matter how broken we are, no matter how long we have been broken, everyone who believes will eventually become through the power of God’s love.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

(Thanks for your prayers. I’ve been diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy, a condition that usually corrects in time. Thanks for your concern and well wishes. Your prayers are appreciated.)

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