{"id":56114,"date":"2025-12-26T21:36:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T02:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daybread.org\/ciw\/y2026-en\/m232\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T21:36:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T02:36:54","slug":"m232","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/daybread.org\/ciw\/y2026-en\/m232\/","title":{"rendered":"Do not judge by external appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Verses\uff1a<\/strong><a href='..\/b232'>James 2:1 ~ 2:13<\/a><br\/>\r\n<strong>Key Verse\uff1a<\/strong>5. Listen, my beloved brothers: Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which He promised to those who love Him?<br\/>\r\n<strong>Topic\uff1a<\/strong>Do not judge by external appearance<br\/>\r\n<strong>Emphasis\uff1a<\/strong>\u201cLove your neighbor as yourself\u201d (Leviticus, 19:18) is quoted in The New Testament eight times, which tells us that we are equal in front of God. Jesus said in Matthew, Chapter 22 verse 40: \u201d On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.\u201d<br\/>\r\n<strong>Meditate\uff1a<\/strong>Do we, in the church, for any reason, look up to one man and look down on the other?<br\/>\r\n<strong>Prayer\uff1a<\/strong>Dear Lord, please let me see what You see. You choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom. 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Listen, my beloved brothers: Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which He promised to those who love Him? Topic\uff1aDo not judge by external appearance Emphasis\uff1a\u201cLove your neighbor as yourself\u201d (Leviticus, 19:18) is quoted in The New Testament eight times, which tells us that we are equal in front of God. Jesus said in Matthew, Chapter 22 verse 40: \u201d On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.\u201d Meditate\uff1aDo we, in the church, for any reason, look up to one man and look down on the other? Prayer\uff1aDear Lord, please let me see what You see. You choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom. Please let me be poor in spirit. 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