Tuesday, July 22, 2014

S :

Leviticus 19:34New International Version (NIV)

34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

O :
This verse tells us to love our foreigners in Singapore.
Welcome them to our country wholeheartedly. 
Treat them as they are our people.
And God is Lord of all man kind

A :
I have to change my mindset towards them. Change our myopia. 
To love them and not looked down on them of their nationalities, histories, and cultures. But embrace them into our cultures.
To love foreigners in warm and welcoming ways so that they will feel at home in our city.

Mark 12:31New International Version (NIV)

31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[a] There is no commandment greater than these.”

I should not exclude foreigners. . .
And i will follow Jesus who loves foreigners as much as He loves the born-and-bred here....

P : 
[Extracted from lovesingapore]
Lord, in identificational repentance, we confess that we have looked 
down on people of other nationalities, histories, and cultures. We repent of 
disdaining those who are not born-and-bred here. We repent of our pride and 
prejudice. We have violated your commandment to treat the foreigner as a local and to love him like one of our own (LEVITICUS 19:34). Deliver us from our myopia. Forgive our xenophobia. Forgive us for using such things as the Little India Riot to pour fuel on the fire of anger and resentment. Forgive our mob-like reaction online—totally incongruent with our claim to be a First World city with a highly educated population (DEVADAS KRISHNADAS, TODAY ONLINE 9 DECEMBER 2013). We’ve tarnished our reputation among the nations. We’ve made a mockery of our Antioch call. We repent. Set us free to love foreigners in warm and welcoming ways so that they will feel at home in our city.




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