But God’s Spirit eases our fears

Haggai 2:5 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says] “My Spirit remains among you, just as I promised when you came out of Egypt. So do not be afraid.”

Exodus 23:9 You must not oppress foreigners. You know what it’s like to be a foreigner, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.

See also: Leviticus 19:9-10, 33-34; Numbers 15;15-16; Deuteronomy 10:18-19, 24:14-18, 27:19; Psalm 146:9; Jeremiah 7:5-7, 22:3; Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5; Matthew 25:35-40; Hebrews 13:2

Read this poem top to bottom, then bottom to top.

Refugees

by Brian Bilston

They have no need of our help

So do not tell me

These haggard faces could belong to you or I

Should life have dealt a different hand

We need to see them for who they really are

Chancers and scroungers

Layabouts and loungers

With bombs up their sleeves

Cut-throats and thieves

They are not

Welcome here

We should make them

Go back to where they came from

They cannot

Share our food

Share our homes

Share our countries

Instead let us

Build a wall to keep them out

It is not okay to say

These are people just like us

A place should only belong to those who are born there

Do not be so stupid to think that

The world can be looked at another way.

(Now read from bottom to top.)

The Kingdom of Jesus, Porter’s Gate