Evening: Psalm 128, 129, 130; John 6:1-15
News stories abound of priests and pastors who abuse their power to sexually exploit minors. Shocking! Shouldn’t we be able to trust spiritual leaders!? Yet in reality, most of us – from parents to politicians, grandparents to aunts and uncles, older siblings to bosses or religious leaders – may find ourselves in a position to exploit the vulnerable. In Acts, someone even offers money to buy from the apostles the power to confer the Holy Spirit on others. Peter teaches that we should not seek power, nor use it in order to exploit people for our benefit, but rather, to serve them.
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