Woman Prays Her Way Through Injustice
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Woman Prays Her Way Through Injustice
Bryan Stephenson, author of Just Mercy and founder of an organization that tries to help those unjustly convicted of crimes, was trying to free a man who was clearly innocent. About a dozen people had seen him when he allegedly committed the crime, but none of those people were allowed in the courtroom because they were African-Americans. So Stephenson complained to the judge, who reluctantly allowed ...
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- Anxiety
| - Black History Month|
- Boldness|
- Circumstances|
- Courage|
- Dependence on God|
- Doubt|
- Faith|
- Faith & Feelings|
- Fear|
- Fear of Man|
- Freedom|
- God, protection of|
- Help from God|
- Holidays|
- Injustice|
- Insecurity|
- Justice|
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day|
- Memory|
- Omnipresence of God|
- Peace|
- Perspective|
- Prayer|
- Prayer, Need For|
- Presence of God|
- Protection|
- Quiet|
- Quietness|
- Race|
- Race Relations|
- Racism|
- Refuge|
- Risk|
- Safety|
- Security|
- Security in Christ|
- Security in God|
- Social Justice|
- Trust|
- Trusting God|
- Uncertainty|
- Worry
- Genesis 15:1
| - Deuteronomy 20:1|
- Deuteronomy 31:6|
- Joshua 1:9|
- Nehemiah 6:11|
- Psalm 3:6|
- Psalm 9:10|
- Psalm 16:8|
- Psalm 23:4|
- Psalm 27:1-2|
- Psalm 34:4|
- Psalm 46:1-3|
- Psalm 56:3-4|
- Psalm 56:11|
- Psalm 112:8|
- Psalm 118:6|
- Proverbs 3:24-26|
- Proverbs 28:1|
- Isaiah 5:7|
- Isaiah 12:2|
- Isaiah 26:3-4|
- Isaiah 41:10|
- Matthew 14:27|
- Mark 4:40|
- Mark 6:50|
- John 14:1|
- John 14:27|
- Acts 4:13|
- Acts 4:29|
- Philippians 4:6-9|
- 2 Timothy 1:7|
- Hebrews 13:6|
- 1 Peter 5:7
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