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Daily Bible refresh hello my friend Dr. Brad Miller here with the Daily Bible Refresh.

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In a bit I will read the New Testament lessons selected from the Revised and Common Lectionary for this very day.

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Here's today's reading.

Reading from 1 Peter 4:7 11 from the Message Everything in the world is about to be wrapped up, so take nothing for granted.

Stay wide awake in prayer.

Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it.

Love makes up for practically anything.

Be quick to give a meal to the hungry, a bed to the homeless.

Cheerfully be generous with the different things God gave you, passing them around so all get in on it.

If words, let it be God's words.

If help, let it be God's hearty help.

That way God's bright presence will be evident in everything through Jesus and he'll get all the credit as the one Mighty in everything.

Encores to the End of time.

Oh yes, that completes the reading and from Peter.

Our passage from 1 Peter calls for us to live with intentional love and radical generosity even in times of crisis.

Here are some points to ponder.

Crisis as a catalyst is the first one.

When Peter writes everything is about to be wrapped up, he's addressing a community in crisis.

Today we face many crises.

Climate emergencies, social upheaval, political unrest, systematic injustice.

We too live in urgent times.

This urgency doesn't call for panic, but but for purposeful love driven action.

The second point to Potter is about mutual aid as sacred practice.

The biblical text emphasis on providing meals and shelter reflects early Christian mutual aid networks.

This challenges modern individualistic charity models, calling us instead to create sustainable communities of care where resources are shared freely and dignity is preserved for all.

One more point to ponder.

It's about collective gifts for collective liberation.

It says in the scripture, be generous with the different things God gave you that suggests that our diverse gifts aren't personal possessions, but community resources.

This challenges capitalistic notions of individual achievement and private ownership, calling us to see our talents and resources as tools for collective liberation.

Here's your action step.

Start or join a mutual aid network in community.

You know like a food bank or clothes closet, maybe organizing a community fridge, setting up a tool sharing system or creating a skill sharing network.

Focus on building sustainable relationships rather than one time charitable acts.

Remember, mutual aid isn't just about meeting immediate needs.

It's about creating alternative systems of community care.

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Oh God.

You're a source of love and life and sometimes we feel apocalyptic.

Help us remember that crisis can birth transformation when we're tempted to hoard our resources out of fear.

Remind us that love makes up for practically anything.

Guide us in using our gifts not for personal gain, but for community flourishing.

Give us courage to build networks of care that challenge the systems that create scarcity.

Help us to stay awake in both the urgency of our times and the possibilities for radical change in the spirit of collective liberation.

Amen.

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