Night Prayer
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Inspiration
Our sins grieve the Lord because Sin is the darkness that separates us from God. When we choose to walk our own way instead of living our lives according to God’s will, we are choosing to separate ourselves from Him. He becomes saddened at the thought of being rejected by His children. We must take an honest look at the sins lurking in our thoughts and seek guidance to rid ourselves of the sins that separate us from our heavenly Father.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, Please forgive us for the dark thoughts that cause us to sin and further separate us from You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Devotion
The One Who Said Thanks
Frances Taylor
Leprosy was a terrible disease in ancient days. There was no cure and anyone who had been diagnosed with leprosy was an outcast and had to stay away from any populated place and call out "unclean, unclean" when people came near. The ten lepers approached Jesus in hopes that he would heal them, and he did. Why is it that only the Samaritan returned to give thanks? I've given this some thought over the years and the only answer I could come up with is that he didn't take Jesus' healing for granted. After all, he was an outsider, and worse, he was hated by the Jews and had no reason to expect that Jesus, a Jew, would take pity on him. The other nine, presumably, were Jewish. Did they take for granted that Jesus would heal his own? It made me think about what I take for granted. I was born into a stable family that loved me, provided for me, and gave me a good education. We weren't well off by any standard, but we had what we needed.
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