James
1:27
"Religion
that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans
and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the
world." NIV
"Pure
religion and undefiled before God the Father is this, To visit the fatherless
and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world."
KJV
It can be
frustrating to bring a shirt out of the washer and there is still a stain on the
front of it. If the shirt is worth keeping, we will find a product that will
remove that stain and re-wash it. Unfortunately, keeping ourselves unstained by
the world is not that easy. First of all, God tells us it is our responsibility
to keep ourselves spotless from the pollution of the world. We cannot blame
others if we fall into the ways of the world. And there is no earthly means by
which we can keep ourselves spiritually clean. If we commit our ways to the Lord
and walk in His Spirit, we will have the perfect stain protector and
remover.
Heavenly Father,
we are sorry that we allow ourselves to get caught up in the world and wear the
stains of it in Your presence. Forgive us and help us to live out the words You
have spoken that help us to stay unspotted by this world. In Jesus' name,
Amen.
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Bobbi
Craigmyle, Psy.D., BCPCC
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