Have you even noticed how easy it is to conform to the world? I can walk up to a group of people I know and immediately join in their conversation even if it is a negative one. I jump right in with my two cents worth. It's like the group needs to know how I feel about the subject, especially if they all already agree with it. I add in my "evidence" of the atrocity, stating something I've seen or heard, or worse something I've heard that someone else saw or heard so it's not even a first hand account.
Today's readings include some convicting passages.
James 1:27....keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Matthew 12:35: "The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him."
Matthew 12:30: "He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters."
I need to work harder to keep from being polluted by the world. Before I ever approach a group of people, I need to prepare myself to walk away if they are discussing something where I am prone to speak evil. I need to make sure that I don't store up evil but rather put myself in situations where I am filled with good so good flows out. I need to make sure that I'm speaking and doing things that make me for Jesus, not against, and not somewhere in the middle. I need to be planted firmly on the foundation of Jesus all the time.
Holy Spirit, I need your help with this. I am not able to speak good all the time. I am prone to say negative, hurtful things. Please forgive my past evil speaking and help me to repent from future anti-Jesus-like speech. Amen.
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Today's readings include some convicting passages.
James 1:27....keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Matthew 12:35: "The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him."
Matthew 12:30: "He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters."
I need to work harder to keep from being polluted by the world. Before I ever approach a group of people, I need to prepare myself to walk away if they are discussing something where I am prone to speak evil. I need to make sure that I don't store up evil but rather put myself in situations where I am filled with good so good flows out. I need to make sure that I'm speaking and doing things that make me for Jesus, not against, and not somewhere in the middle. I need to be planted firmly on the foundation of Jesus all the time.
Holy Spirit, I need your help with this. I am not able to speak good all the time. I am prone to say negative, hurtful things. Please forgive my past evil speaking and help me to repent from future anti-Jesus-like speech. Amen.
picture from http://www.4catholiceducators.com/matthew_12-35-poster.htm
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