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Recently I was talking to a friend about a movie called Amazing Grace. It is a great movie about a fantastic man named William Wilberforce. He helped end the slave trade in England. Let me tell you about him.

William Wilberforce was born to a wealthy family and was surrounded by wealth his whole life. When he was 21, he got elected to Parliament. But it seemed that he just wanted to be in Parliament for the status it brought. He even admitted, "The first years in Parliament I did nothing- nothing to any purpose."

Eventually he got interested in making his life and his position in Parliament count. He became extremely interested in the issue of slavery and even wrote, "...I from this time have determined that I would never rest until I have effected [slavery's] abolition." It was harder than he had thought, and his opponents fought him with everything they could, but William Wilberforce eventually won out. He was instrumental in abolishing slavery.

See William Wilberforce had the right idea. He took the right perspective with his rights, influence and privilege, he used them for good. He used them to help those in need.

All Jr. high students are welcome to join us as we finish looking at Philippians: Putting The Unity In Community, and look at the rights and privileges that we have and discover what perspective we should take with them.