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If we can hope and if we can love, we can change the world, starting with our own. '60 Seconds of Hope' your daily oasis of positivity and inspiration! Join Horace McMillon each day for a minute reflection designed to equip, empower, and inspire you to be your best self and to help all of us make the world a better place. Kickstart each morning with a dose of hope to uplift your spirits and set a positive tone for the day ahead. Tune in and embrace the power of positivity!
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Send us a text Acknowledge Your Pain. Ask for Help. “Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me!” - Psalm 27:7 No one is excluded from all trouble. No one is excluded from all difficulties. No one is excluded from pain. We don’t have to pretend to have it altogether. We don’t have to pretend that we are ok when we aren’t. We do…
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Send us a text Let God’s Dream Be Ours “God’s dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family…” - Desmond Tutu Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 58 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #justice #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #l…
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Send us a text A New World Is Within Reach “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” - Mark 1:15 In the face of military occupation, economic exploitation, and religious corruption the Gospel of Mark has Jesus begin his ministry by boldly declaring that it doesn’t have to be this way. The ki…
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Send us a text What Are We Ready For? ‘Why did God wait until Jesus was 30? What kind of impact could he have had in his twenties?’ - a paraphrase of a terrific question posed in comments section earlier today. The Gospel of Luke says that Jesus grew in wisdom and stature (Luke 2:52). I believe like all of us, Jesus himself had to grow into his rol…
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Send us a text This Season Will Pass “And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.” - Luke 4:13 One of Jesus’s greatest moments was immediately followed by one of his most difficult. Immediately after being filled with the Spirit and answering his calling, he went into the wilderness for a time of fasting and …
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Send us a text Establish Justice. It May Save Us All “Hate evil and love good and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord of hosts, will be gracious…” Amos 5:15 Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 66 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #justice #growth #positivity #inspiration #fait…
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Send us a text When we understand that we are God’s beloved… And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” - Mark 9:11 Jesus was somewhere around 30 years old when he went out into the wilderness to study with John the Baptist. He had led rather ordinary life up until that point… no teachings, no disciples…
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Send us a text Love is Your Job Description “Love is your job description - no matter what you do for a living.” - Marci Shimoff Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 65 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #po…
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Send us a text How Do We Meet Our Needs? “The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” - Matthew 4:3 Just before Jesus began his public ministry, he was led into the wilderness where he was forced to face three types of temptations that are common to humanity. Surrendering to any of these would h…
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Send us a text There’s Still Time for Love to Save Us “Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.” - Joel 2:13 The prophet Joel warned the people of his day of the pending calamity they would suffer if they conti…
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Send us a text “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them.” - from Matthew 6:1 If we are practicing our religion and spirituality in order to look good or to win the respect of others, then we are doing it for the wrong reasons. Alternatively, Jesus shows us a spirituality where our prayer simply becomes ou…
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Send us a text Let’s Give Up Injustice for Lent “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not …
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Send us a text “So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us…” from 2 Corinthians 5:20 Many Christians around the world participate in a season called Lent. The season lasts 40 days and concludes with the execution, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. Lent begins with an earnest self examination. If it is true that God…
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Send us a text “You are not called to convince anyone. You are simply called to be an open channel for the Spirit of God to flow through.” - Corrie ten Boom Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 62 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #inspirationalquotes #dail…
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Send us a text “No, Lord,” Peter declared. “I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean.” But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.” - Acts 10:14-15 Peter and many of the earliest Christians didn’t believe Gentiles could really be Christians unless they were willing to …
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Send us a text Grow Deeper Roots “The farther the outward journey takes you, the deeper the inward journey must be.” - Henri Nouwen Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 61 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lo…
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Send us a text Give to Everyone: Stop Practicing Selective Compassion “Give to everyone who ask of you, and if anyone takes away what is yours, do not ask for it back again” - Luke 6:30 This verse comes from the middle of some of Jesus’s most challenging teachings. Jesus is challenging us to think, act, and react differently. The sequence ends with…
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Send us a text Liberation Prayer* Fill us with the joy they tried to steal. Fill us with the hope they tried to kill. Informed by the history they tried to hide, may our feet You always guide. May our love always defeat our hate. And in doing what’s right may we never hesitate. Give us the patience and determination to persevere, regardless of vict…
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Send us a text What Kind of Progress Do We Want? “American progress is described by problem, paradox, and irony… We must continue to ask what counts as American progress.” - Nichole Renee Phillips There are some people who just want their seat at the table and a fair chance to play. There are others who want to flip the table over and demand we pla…
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Send us a text ‘If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.’ – Muhammad Ali Some of us listening to this or reading this right now are not in a good place. We’ve made mistakes and poor choices. We’ve sometimes acted in bad faith with a lack of discipline, integrity, and courage. Perhaps some of the good…
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Send us a text “I requested of my Lord and Master to give me a work, I did not care how mean it was, only to try and see how good I would do it.” - George Liele What if we were to pursue excellence every day? Whatever our gifts, whatever our calling, whatever our opportunities, imagine doing everything we can to make the most of them. How would our…
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Send us a text “Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.” - Oprah Winfrey The writer of Proverbs said that as a person thinks in their heart, so they are. (Proverbs 23:7). Even if a selfish, greedy person were to put on a lavish banquet, the meal would not…
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Send us a text Lift People Up “People have enough people pushing them down, pointing out their faults…” -Joel Osteen Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 55 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #posit…
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Send us a text Now Is The Time "Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done” - W.E.B. Du Bois We are not called to be passive bystanders. Rather, Jesus called us to take up our cross and follow him. (Matthew 16:24). We are called to be active participants in building a better w…
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Send us a text Love the Immigrant “The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you: you shall love the alien as yourself…” Lev. 19:34 Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 54 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #inspirationalqu…
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Send us a text “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” - Booker T. Washington We do not start life with the same resources. Nor is everyone presented with the same opportunities along the way. We do not all have access to the same networks. Social capital isn’t …
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Send us a text … if they learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally… - Nelson Mandela Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 53 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #positi…
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Send us a text "In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance” - Phillis Wheatley Too frequently the world around us expects us to act as if everything is ok when it’s not ok… to suffer in silence… to make ourselves comfortable in dysfunction. Even when …
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Send us a text Rooted and Grounded in Love (I pray) that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are rooted and grounded in love - Eph 3:17 Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 52 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #inspirationalquotes…
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Send us a text “Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.” - Correta Scott King Some of us are dismayed because we are fighting battles that we thought we’d already won, battles that we thought we’d never have to fight again. History is not a straight line. Progress is not inevitabl…
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Send us a text God Supplies the Love “When God tells us to love our enemies, He gives along with the commands, the love itself.” Corrie Ten Boom Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 51 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #inspirationalquotes #dailyin…
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Send us a text Dissent from Indifference "We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust “ - Thurgood Marshall Just as it was in Marshall’s time, the particular historical moment we find ourselves in demands us to constructively engage with the world around us. Noth…
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Send us a text Faith is Love in Action “True evangelical faith cannot lie dormant, it clothes the naked, it feeds the hungry, it comforts the sorrowful…” Menno Simmons Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 50 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #inspi…
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Send us a text “God's time is always near. He gave me my strength and he set the North Star in the heavens; He meant I should be free.” ― Harriet Tubman We are not meant to be kept marginalized and disadvantaged due to our race, class, nationality, gender or for any other reason. The gospel or good news is meant to be universal. It’s meant to be go…
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Send us a text “Bringing people together is what I call ‘ubuntu’ which means I am because we are.” Desmond Tutu Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 49 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #positivemi…
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Send us a text Stand the Fire “If the Lord comes and burns - as you say he will - I am not going away; I am going to stay here and stand the fire, like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! And Jesus will walk with me through the fire and keep me from harm.” - Sojourner Truth There were and are some who try to use religion as a tool of manipulation and …
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Send us a text Everyone Who Loves is Born of God “Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God” 1 John 4:7 Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 48 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #ins…
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Send us a text “The Lord was pleased to strengthen us, and remove all fear from us, and disposed our hearts to be as useful as possible.” - Richard Allen Many of us would like to be a blessing, to have an impact, to make a positive difference. Many of us have gifts that we would like to share with the world. Being and giving our best usually requir…
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Send us a text Carry Love “My prayer for you is that you may grow in the likeness of Christ, being real carriers of God’s Love” - Mother Teresa Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 47 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #inspirationalquotes #dailyins…
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Send us a text "The Pentecostal power, when you sum it all up, is just more of God's love. If it does not bring more love, it is simply a counterfeit” - William J Seymour William J Seymour led the Azusa Street Revival which has been credited for the launch of the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement. He believed in the power of God pouring into the ind…
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Send us a text Love and Sympathy, Not Theology and Dogma “The world does not understand theology or dogma, but it understands love and sympathy.” - Dwight L Moody Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 46 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #inspiratio…
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Send us a text “We must cherish one another, watch over one another, comfort one another, and gain instruction that we may all sit down in heaven together.” - Lucy Smith Some of us have so spiritualized the concept of the Kingdom of God/ Kingdom of Heaven that it has lost all its earthly relevance for us living today. The concept as Jesus describes…
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Send us a text “Belief in God is to love one’s fellow men.” - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 45 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #positivemindset #personaldevelopment…
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Send us a text Stop Making Excuses “Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses” - George Washington Carver Lack of exposure is a thing. Lack of opportunity is a thing. Lack of money is a thing. It’s hard to get from here to there. It’s particularly hard when you don’t know where there is. There are rea…
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Send us a text Love the Prisoner “Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them…” Hebrews 13:3 Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 44 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #…
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Send us a text What Do We Need to Face? “Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced,” James Baldwin There’s a tendency many of us, if not most of us have when we feel overwhelmed or discouraged, when we have tried and failed or when we have seen very few people succeed. That tendency is to shut down, t…
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Send us a text Show Us How to Love “Those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also.” - 1 John 4:21 Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 43 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes #positivem…
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Send us a text “As long as God gives me strength to work and try to make things real for my children, I'm going to work for it - even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice.” - Medgar Evers Evers served in World War II. We he came home, he completed his formal education and went on to become the first field secretary for the NAACP in Mississippi…
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Send us a text God’s Love is Deeper Yet! “There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.” - Corrie Ten Boom Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 42 #60secondsofhope #366daysoflove #dailydevotion #dailydevotional #love #growth #positivity #inspiration #faith #justice #inspirationalquotes #dailyinspiration #lovequotes …
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Send us a text Reject Your Own Negative Self Stereotypes “We must reject not only the stereotypes that others have of us but also those that we have of ourselves.” - Shirley Chisholm Most of us would like to think we are immune to the stereotypes that larger society heap on us and other folk. But that is probably just not true. Back in the 1930s, K…
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