Your Source of Praise - 2/6/21

Your Source of Praise

Hey Family, today as I continued to read through John, the idea of our choice in who we accept and desire our praise to come from added weight to my heart. This may sound a bit nitpicky relation to more big ticket items for following Jesus, but I assure you that it holds it's own.

Today's Prayer

"Dear Heavenly Father, I come to You today recognizing that in our pressure-filled world it can be difficult to not desire the praise of humans. Lord, help us today to grow in understanding and in love of just how much greater Your praise and affection is to and for us. In this we give You all the glory, all the honor and all the praise, in Jesus Christ name we pray Amen!"

SCRIPTURE

Choosing Jesus or the World

John 12:40‭-‬50 NIV

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn—and I would heal them.” Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him. Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved human praise more than praise from God. Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness. “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day. For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken. I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”

Quote of the Day

Even if God never did another good thing in our lives, we could spend the rest of this life praising Him for what He has already done.

- Dillon Burroughs

Have a blessed day!🙂

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