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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