"Dear brothers and sisters, you are foreigners and aliens here. So I warn you to keep away from evil desires because they fight against your very souls." (1 Peter 2:11)
We have been saved by the sacrifice of Jesus. We have been given righteousness that we do not deserve. Now, we may have that righteousness, but we do not always show it. Holiness is something we grow into as we fight against "evil desires", as Peter puts it. Pray with me for God's help for us to grow in holiness, to live a life that would make us contagious Christians.
Grace and peace and contagiousness be yours!
Bruce
Holy Father, thank You that we are Your chosen ones, holy in Your sight and deeply loved. How wonderful that, by sacrificing Your Son, You have perfected us in our inmost being.
Now, Lord, enable me to live out what You have done deep within me. How much I need greater holiness! May Your Spirit of holiness empower me to grow in righteousness, thinking and living.
I pray for this also for believers in my neighborhood and church - and for others who come to mind:
Make us quick to confess our sins and rely on You to forgive. Make us clean and pure in every part of our lives. Delver us from the evil ways we used to cherish when we didn't know any better. May we feed daily on Your holy Scriptures, letting You use them to cleanse our lives and remove our blemishes and wrinkles and defects.
I pray that Your people - and especially the Christians I know - will grow in holiness so that we will not dishonor Your name by compromised living. May we be blameless and contagious Christians, a good advertisement for the gospel.
I worship before You as the God of peace and well-being who is committed to making us holy. I count on You to do this day by day, giving us grace to cooperate with You. How I rejoice that You are faithful. You will continue Your work in us until the day when You bring us faultless into Your glorious presence, with unspeakable joy.
(31 Days of Prayer, Warren and Ruth Myers, Day 14)
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