gRACE Relations

Going Deeper gRACE Relations

Read the following passages:
Galatians 3:23-29; Acts 10:9-35; James 2:8-9; Matthew 28:19-20; 1 John 2:7-11

Pray for God to reveal what is in your heart. Pray for him to reveal areas of pride, areas of ignorance, areas of prejudice.

Now ask yourself the following questions:
1) Is there a particular group of people/ethnicity/race that you simply can’t stand?
2) What types of people cause you to cross the street if you are walking alone?
3) When you think about images that portray beauty and sophistication, what culture/color is it imaged after?
4) What, if anything, happens inside you when you see interracial couples? Which type or combinations of couples?
5) When is the last time you visited the home of someone from a different culture/race and when was the last time you invited them to your home?
6) Have you ever asked someone of another group to answer a questionas a spokesman for their entire race/culture?
7) What type of person would you most trust to invest or steward your money? What type of person would you least trust to invest/steward your money?
8) When you meet people from another race/culture who do not fit your stereotype that you expected, are you surprised?

Has the Holy Spirit revealed any prejudices that have been hidden from you? Were you surprised by your answers to any of these questions?

Read Ephesians 2:11-22

What areas of your heart should you be asking God to work on concerning Race Relations? Are you willing to do it?