Daily Inspiration

Jesus said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth. Even so, on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the memorials of the righteous, and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have joined them in shedding the prophets’ blood.’ Thus you bear witness against yourselves that you are the children of those who murdered the prophets; now fill up what your ancestors measured out!”—Matthew 23:27-32

Pride is dangerous; it can lead us to believe that even God’s gifts originate not from Him but from inside of us. If I could boil down my time with the Holy Spirit into a series of mantras, they would be something like these:

God is everything.

I am nothing without Him who made me.

I am not worthy and deserve nothing more from Him.

The Lord God, who created me, loves me as if I am the only creature He ever created.

If I have God, nothing else matters.

God is with me, always.

Each mantra stands on its own, yet together they form a more complete truth.

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