Set Apart
Bill Crowder Our Daily Bread Ministries https://odb.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission Set Apart Bible in a Year : 2 Chronicles 17–18 John 13:1–20 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart. Matthew 11:29 Today's Scripture & Insight : Ephesians 4:29–32 In November 1742, a riot broke out in Staffordshire, England, to protest against the gospel message Charles Wesley was preaching. It seems Charles and his brother John were changing some longstanding church traditions, and that was too much for many of the townsfolk. When John Wesley heard about the riot, he hurried to Staffordshire to help his brother. Soon an unruly crowd surrounded the place where John was staying. Courageously, he met face to face with their leaders, speaking with them so serenely that one by one their anger was assuaged. Wesley’s gentle and quiet spirit calmed an angry mob. But it wasn’t a gentleness that occurred naturally in his heart. Rather, it was the he