Reading: Matthew 23, 1 Samuel 31, and 1 Chronicles 9-10
Scripture: Matthew 23:4, They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.
Observation: Jesus is talk about the Pharisees, the law keepers who tells everyone what to do and then does none of it. So many people today see the church that way, they see us with all these rules and regulations that we are to keep and see us stepping out of the front of the church and start swearing and smoking or having the Jesus fish on our car and speeding and cutting people off wail giving them the finger.
Application: Jesus was warning us to not be those people, our commandments are love God, and love your neighbor. Very easy to say hard to execute. When loving others this is not the mushy feeling love this is the love of a father or mother, a love that says I will do anything for you exception nothing in return, it is putting someone else’s needs before your own.
Prayer: Father I thank you for sending the Holy Spirit to commune with us and help us to know you. I am in awe of your creation and love you more each day. I ask that you help us to love those around us and think of ourselves less.
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