2 Corinthians 7:1
Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out reverence for God.
What of Today’s Verse…
In a world so full of distractions and temptations, purity is difficult. Even more than difficult, the call to purity often goes forgotten and ignored. Cheap grace is substituted for a call to passionate living. While we never want to give in to a “works righteousness,” we also must remember that impurity through laziness, lack of commitment, or simple rebellion are contaminating to those claiming to be Christians and ruin our influence before the watching world.
Let us Pray:
Purify my heart, my life, my body, my influence, O God. May my words and my thoughts be blameless in your sight. I want to be holy as you are holy and honour you as only you are worthy of honour. You alone are God! Through Jesus I ask it. Amen.
Words of Wisdom
Change…
Things change. People change. Rules change. The world changes. Desires change. Conditions change. Opinions change. Change is everywhere, all the time. What was certain yesterday, is different today, and will be something else tomorrow.
Think of the people you’ve known for a while. Do you really know them the way they are now, or do you still assume they’re basically the same people they were years ago? Consider how many things in your life have changed in the last six months — what you’ve learned, how you’ve grown. Remember, everyone else changes too. That prospect who had no interest last month has changed since then.
Consider the implications this fast changing world. What assumptions are you making, that might no longer be valid? Embrace change and it will work for you. Resist change and the world will pass you by.
