Night Prayer
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Inspiration
Before we knew Jesus, we had all sorts of selfish ambitions and desires that came from an impure heart. And even knowing Jesus, it’s not always easy to walk away from those desires. In fact, sometimes we have to run! And as we flee from selfish desires, Jesus opens our eyes to see that we are running to him as he purifies our hearts and wraps us in his righteousness.
Prayer
Lord, You have forgiven me and made me new. Yet the lusts and ambitions of my past creep into my thoughts. Please give me swift feet and a clear path so that I may flee from these thoughts. Embrace me with Your righteousness and fill me with Your purity, so that I may withstand the temptations that try to chase me down. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Devotion
Abraham is Father of All
Frances Taylor
There are questions in every age about the importance of the Old Testament for Christians. Abraham is considered to be the Father of Faith for Jews, Christians and Muslims. We forget that it was Abraham who believed in the doctrine of only one God. It is through him and his descendants that this tradition comes down to us. Another fact that we can overlook is that Jesus was Jewish. He was born a Jew, lived as a Jew, died, rose and ascended into heaven as a Jew. Because we believe that he was the Messiah, the Christ, and we follow him, we are called Christian. Without the Old Testament, we wouldn't understand the promise of salvation; we wouldn't understand why it was important for Jesus to be of the family of King David. We would not understand his teaching either, because Jesus quoted from Scripture – the Old Testament – frequently. He told us that he came to fulfill the Scriptures, not to abolish them. In the same way, we can ...
