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on justice

Started by markvans · 9 months ago

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the scroll of the prophet was handed to me
release the oppressed
shout favor found in God
today the scripture of the Lord is fulfilled
i wore justice like a turban
i am eyes for the blind and feet for the lame
father to the poor
you have heard the cry of the humble O my God
we wi ... Continue reading »

4 comments

  • This is a powerful piece, brother. God bless you in your work.
  • Wow, fabulous writing! Thank you for sharing this. Your passion really comes though in your words. Our generation needs more poetic/prophetic voices like yours.

    Peace
    Ted
  • thought I'd note that much of it comes from a whole mess of scripture on justice found in Peterson's Message.

    Deuteronomy 15, 24
    Job 5, 29, 30
    Psalm 10, 37, 41, 68, 72, 74, 94, 112, 113, 146
    Proverbs 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 28, 29, 31
    Isaiah 1, 3, 10, 16, 32, 58
    Jeremiah 22
    Ezekiel 16, 22
    Amos 2, 4, 5, 8
    Micah 2, 6
    Zechariah 7
    Matthew 25
    Mark 7, 11
    Luke 4, 7
    John 4
    Acts 6
    Galatians 2
    James 1, 2
    1 John 3
  • Brother Andrew,

    This is awesome and really opens my eyes to our role in the kingdom work. I appreciate your ability to use language to bring Jesus in us to life. Really good stuff.

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