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Key Bible Verse: Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited (Romans 12:16). Bonus Reading: Matthew 23:1-12

When Charles Evans Hughes was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, he moved to Washington and transferred his letter to a Baptist church there. His father had been a Baptist minister, and Hughes had been a lifelong witness to his own faith in Christ.

It was the custom in that Baptist church to have all new members come forward during the morning service and be introduced to the congregation.

On this particular day the first to be called was a Chinese laundryman, Ah Sing, who had moved to Washington from San Francisco and kept a laundry near the church. He stood at the far side of the pulpit. As others were called, they took positions at the extreme opposite side. When a dozen people had gathered, Ah Sing still stood alone.

Then Chief Justice Hughes was called, and he significantly stood next to the laundryman. A Christian who only associates with people of the same intellectual or academic or professional interests is not living up to what Scripture mandates.

—Donald Grey Barnhouse in God's Covenants, God's Discipline, God's Glory

• Think of someone you find difficult to get along with. What might God be asking you to do in this situation?

Thought to Apply: He who takes his rank lightly raises his own dignity.

— HEBREW PROVERB

Credits: Adapted from— Thursday: God's Covenants, God's Discipline, God's Glory, vol. 4 (Scripture Truth, 19__)

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