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Matthew 6:1-13, Psalm 7:10-17
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When we do something often, it becomes a habit and we do it without thinking. Sometimes that is good, like with sports.
ReplyDeleteHowever, when it comes to praying or singing praises to God it is not so good. In our reading for today we find the Lord's prayer. Something we do often, and something we take for granted. Please reread the Lord's prayer right now, taking each line one at a time and really thinking about what it means and how it should change you.
"This, then, is how you should pray:
" 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one."
Verse 14 of Psalm 7 caught my attention and I had to read it over and over again...
ReplyDelete14 "He who is pregnant with evil
and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment."
That phrase "pregnant with evil" is a pretty disturbing picture to me, especially just having been pregnant this last year...
I remember all too clearly how amazing it was to know that the movement and growth I felt inside me was my child who would soon be born and continue to live and grow, and fill my life with such sweet surprises every day.
In the same way, if we allow evil to enter our heart, it will live and grow and take on a form that will give us some not-so-sweet surprises when we least expect.
I am so thankful that as I continue to read, I come to verse 17 which says, "I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High."
I can praise his name because I know that he has cleansed my heart of any evil that was growing there and he continues to protect me.