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When I started my career, I moved from Wyoming back to Texas. Since my mom and sister still lived in Wyoming (and since I was single and could still afford one plane ticket at a time), I would fly back twice a year to see them. I had some great adventures—spending the night in an airport because of a plane failure, having pilots announce they would try to land one more time but if not, the snow would force them back to Salt Lake City; these were just two of the things I remembered. However, I also remember one time when I was sitting next to someone who looked pretty rough. He had all the stereotypes with someone from prison. I wish I could say I was a brand-new Christian but truthfully, I wasn’t nearly young enough to excuse my thoughts. Oh, I prayed for him and wondered if there was some way to work into a conversation and maybe mention God. But in my self-centered thoughts, I barely noticed him pulling out his Bible. Here was a brother in Christ and I am already thinking I need to witness to him. I made the foolish mistake of looking at appearance and basing my opinion on my standards of how someone should look. He could have been anything or anyone but at that point it was too easy to assume that I knew who he was based on false assumptions and judgmental attitudes. I thought of that while reading in ACTS when the Lord tells Peter though a vision that whatever the Lord says is clean is clean. Peter was looking at things from his perspective. In fact, in the vision that the Lord gave Peter, he was dutiful to tell the Lord he would not eat something unclean. But the Lord showed Him that whatever the Lord says is clean—is clean! Very soon Peter would meet a man who was a gentile but a believer. Peter would need to see that whatever the Lord said was clean was clean. We don’t see others as the Lord sees them and we don’t see ourselves the way the Lord does either.

Prayer

HONOR GOD

He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds. He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them. Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.

Psalms 147:3‭-‬5 NASB

There is nothing to big or small for our loving God.

ASK GOD

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Philippians 4:6

When a child needs something, they normally don’t have the capacity to acquire what they desire. They will call out to their parents and ask because they know that the parent has the capacity. Let’s ask God with prayer knowing that He is capable of everything.

SUBMIT TO GOD

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4:7

Resist temptation and pursue holiness that is pleasing to God. 

CLOSING PRAYER

God purify me. Refine my heart and my mind to glorify You in everything I do. Do not let me fall to the left or to the right, but be my rock and keep me on the right path. I accept the peace that You have for me. In Jesus Name, Amen.