Scripture for Monday after the Third Sunday in Lent 2013
14 After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand: 15 there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man. 16 [If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”] 17 When he had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable. 18 And He said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, 19 because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?” (Thus He declared all foods clean.) 20 And He was saying, “That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, 22 deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness. 23 All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.” ~ Mark 7:14-23 (NASB)
Lord, it’s easy to look outside myself and see all kinds of evil in the world and think that I am better than some people because I don’t do the things they do. Yet Jesus told us that it is my own heart defiles me because of the evil thoughts and things in me. Cleanse my heart and thoughts by the Blood of the Lamb and wash away my evil thoughts and desires. In the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture for Monday after the Third Sunday in Lent 2013 was first posted on March 4, 2013 at 12:52 am.
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