Daily Prayer for January 23rd, 2019
Good morning, God—thank You! 🙂
When I think “religion,” I imagine it a set of beliefs concerning the cause and purpose of life that contains a moral code of human conduct that You once handed down to Moses. Rules that none of the humankind could follow without fail; which is why You sent Jesus to save us. Your new standards and expectations since His death and resurrection are that of love and understanding. First, we have to believe in the Lord, Jesus and we will be saved. Then, love You with all our hearts and love others…fear You, and not man. Perfect love cast out fear, because if we truly love You, then we will trust You, want to obey You and walk humbly in Your love. <3 In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Acts 16:31 New International Version (NIV)
31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”
Mark 12:33 New International Version (NIV)
33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Deuteronomy 10:12 New International Version (NIV)
Fear the Lord
12 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
Romans 13:10 New International Version (NIV)
10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
James 1:27 New International Version (NIV)
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.
Micah 6:8 New International Version (NIV)
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:6 English Standard Version (ESV)
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 13:35 English Standard Version (ESV)
35 By this, all people will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.”