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Biweekly Devotional 1-20-2026

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Biweekly Devotional 1-20-2026

New Richmond United Methodist Church
Published by Pastor Harry Zuraski in Biweekly Devotional · Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 · Read time 1:30
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Speak up <br />For Those Who Cannot Speak For Themselves<br />Ensure Justice<br />For Those Bring Crushed
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ– โ€“ ๐Ÿ— (๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง)โฃ
 
โฃ
 
โ€œ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ง๐จ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž,โฃ
 
๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ.โฃ
 
๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž!โฃ
 
๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž!โ€

 
I find this particular scripture very relative to how I am feeling right now. We as followers of the word of God have been called to be the defenders of the marginalized within society. I have over the years found great wisdom and relevance in the book of Proverbs.
 
If you take the time to understand the period leading up to the exile of Israel to Babylon this occurred because of their perverting of justice toward the marginalized within their community. This was advanced by their choosing to worship other gods for which these practices were acceptable. Throughout history this has been repeated. Most times ignored by Christians but in some cases even condoned.
 
I do not see myself as a prophet like Isiah or Jerimiah. I am just a humble local preacher. But I fear for those that have fallen for these false gods. That has let โ€œthe othersโ€ be demonized in the name of some mythical solution to a man-made problem. I pray every day that we who believe in Jesus, those that claim the mantle of Christianity will return to the teachings of Jesus and God in both word and deed. Jesus is the way the truth and the light. Only through God and our willingness to follow Godโ€™s command of unconditional love can we even hope to truly improve this fallen world.


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