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[Mackenaw]

Hello Everyone,

God bless you this day.

I just wanted to share some scriptures that have been on my mind and heart.

Isaiah 29:13-16 (New English Translation)
13 The Lord says,
“These people say they are loyal to me;
they say wonderful things about me,
but they are not really loyal to me.
Their worship consists of
nothing but man-made ritual.
14 Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people—
an absolutely extraordinary deed.
Wise men will have nothing to say,
the sages will have no explanations.”
15 Those who try to hide their plans from the Lord are as good as dead,
who do their work in secret and boast,
“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”
16 Your thinking is perverse!
Should the potter be regarded as clay?
Should the thing made say[m] about its maker, “He didn’t make me”?
Or should the pottery say about the potter, “He doesn’t understand”?


Matthew 15:7-9 (New English Translation)
7 Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

8 ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me,
9 and they worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”



Mark 7:6-9 (New English Translation)
6 He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

John 5:42 (New English Translation)
42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God[a] within you.

‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
7 They worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’

8 Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.” 9 He also said to them, “You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.


Psalm 139:23 (New English Translation)
23 Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts.
Test me, and know my concerns.


Psalm 26:2 (New English Translation)
2 Examine me, O Lord, and test me.
Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives.

Psalm 19:14 (New English Translation)
14 May my words and my thoughts
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my sheltering rock and my redeemer.

Awesome Word of God!

In closing, I know I'm to pray for my enemies. This is difficult sometimes, because sometimes I don't want to. However, I'm so grateful to The Lord for His work within me by the indwelling of The Holy Spirit, and He softens my heart and His love bubbles up and delivers me from my stubbornness allowing me to pray in pureness of a heart of love, not in insincerity. He knows the heart. Thank You Lord

God bless and keep you,
Mack