Humility is strength born of prayer and devotion to God. That\u2019s Warren Blakney Sr.\u2019s Sunday morning message to the North Peoria Church of Christ.<\/p>\n
He proclaims it, he shouts it, during the two-hour worship service. He even sings it, bursting into John P. Kee\u2019s \u201cHarvest\u201d\u009d mid-sermon. The church joins in: \u201cI read that Hebrews 11 and 1, the kind of faith to know my blessing will come.”<\/p>\n
\u201cI come to tell you that humble people are strong people,\u201d\u009d Blakney preaches. \u201cHumility means I\u2019ve got the ability to do you in, but I won\u2019t do you in.\u201d\u009d
\n‘Humility is strength born of prayer and devotion to God.’<\/p>\n
The 480-member church prays for justice and healing after police shootings of black men sparked protests and violence in cities across the nation, most recently in Charlotte, N.C. Here in Tulsa, white police officer Betty Shelby shot and killed an unarmed black man, Terence Crutcher.<\/p>\n