Morning Prayer
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Inspiration
The Spirit produces in us all the Christian graces, which we would usually refer to as positive character traits. These graces indicate a changed heart that will naturally keep the Law of God. For love is the fulfilling of the law. And there is no valid law against these virtues or any actions that flow out of them.
Prayer
Work in us, O Spirit of God, cultivating and producing a garden full of all of your fruit. We seek to be holy and live in love. We plead for you to work in us according to the Father's will to create in us the image of the Son. Let us seek then, O God, your appointed means of grace, your Word, and trust you to so work! Amen.
Night Prayer
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Inspiration
We despise the thought of a pile of dirty dishes in the sink. The outside is easy to clean; it's the caked-up residue on the inside that's so difficult to remove. Jesus compares the scribes and Pharisees with dishes that have been wiped clean on the outside while dirty inside. The Pharisees took exceptional care of their outward appearance and neglected their inward spirits. We are guilty of allowing our hearts to be left filthy as well. We look and act as we should while our souls are full of darkness. We must continue to converse with the Holy Spirit daily and trust His guidance to cleanse our sinful nature.
Prayer
Dear God, Please forgive our sinful nature. We yearn for cleansing from within, so we are genuine witnesses to Your name. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
