daily prayer

Good morning! How are we faithing? With what we were talking about yesterday, rules and following them, we need to be aware of the rules from the love standpoint. If I love my fellow humans as I say I do and yet I still do something that makes that other person not see Jesus' light, I ought not do it. We are examples of that light. Oh man, I fall down all the time but I am aware of that light and when realization hits, I try to keep that light on by repenting from a behavior. I don't repent for fear of punishment but out of love for Jesus and how that behavior effects that other guy. Now if I focus on that good behavior and start pointing fingers at other brothers or sisters that fall down, my righteousness just became unrighteousness. How so? Pride. Pride in doing things . Pride in adherence to the rules. When that happens, the light is extinguished because the rule becomes the focus and not the light. Who are we?

Matt 5:14-16
"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
NIV


Eph 5:8-14
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said:
"Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
NIV

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Heavenly Father,
Forgive our sins. Help us be lights unto this world. Help us recognise where we stumble and where we make mistakes. Lord we need to be able to hear your voice. Heal our hearts and minds. Guide our paths this day and help us see when we crush others and to rectify immediately when we do so. In Jesus name we pray, amen