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Speaker 1: You're listening to Daily devotions with Pastor John. I'm john

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Speaker 1: Stongey and today's devotion is inspired by James Chapter one,

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Speaker 1: verse twenty one, which says, therefore, put away all filthiness

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Speaker 1: and rampant wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word,

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Speaker 1: which is able to save your souls. Our new life

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Speaker 1: in Christ is an amazing thing. Before coming to know Jesus,

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Speaker 1: we went about our day to day lives unaware of

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Speaker 1: the wickedness and worldliness we were embracing. We were ignorantly

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Speaker 1: and foolishly inviting things into our lives that we mistakenly

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Speaker 1: believed would bring benefit to us, when in actuality they

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Speaker 1: were producing death, disease, and depression. But then Jesus rescued us.

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Speaker 1: He gave us the gift of a new life, a

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Speaker 1: new mind, and new eyes. He teaches us to see

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Speaker 1: things like he sees them, and value things that he values.

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Speaker 1: His word reminds us not to invite anything back into

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Speaker 1: our lives that reeks of the sin and corruption that

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Speaker 1: is so prevalent in this world. As we cast away

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Speaker 1: the very things we once mistakenly embraced, were also called

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Speaker 1: to receive the truth of God's word into our lives.

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Speaker 1: His word teaches us what to value. His word teaches

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Speaker 1: us how to live by faith. His word shines a

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Speaker 1: light on the creeping nature of sin and exposes its

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Speaker 1: true motives. The Word of God likewise reveals to us

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Speaker 1: that our souls find salvation through no one else other

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Speaker 1: than Jesus Christ. Embrace this truth today and welcome the

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Speaker 1: protective presence of Christ to reign over you. Let's pray. Lord,

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Speaker 1: we thank you for your word, and we thank you

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Speaker 1: for the privilege that it is to be able to

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Speaker 1: look at this portion of scripture from the Book of James.

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Speaker 1: And Lord, as you reveal to us in this portion

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Speaker 1: of your word, we're called to put away all filthiness

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Speaker 1: and wickedness so that it's not a dominant feature in

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Speaker 1: our lives like it once was. Lord, we know that

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Speaker 1: when you found us, we were lost in sin. We

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Speaker 1: were wandering and going our own direction. We were living

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Speaker 1: in such a way as to ignore your teaching and

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Speaker 1: to ignore your word because we were addicted to our

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Speaker 1: own corruption. But by your grace. You rescued us, and

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Speaker 1: you've given us new life and true hope. So Lord,

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Speaker 1: we pray that we would live in such a way

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Speaker 1: that we show that we're grateful for the atoning work

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Speaker 1: that you accomplished for us. On the crow. You rescued

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Speaker 1: us and cleansed us from our sin, and through your

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Speaker 1: power you invite us not to go back to it

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Speaker 1: ever again. Thank you, Lord for the work that you're

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Speaker 1: accomplishing in our lives, and as you empower us, we

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Speaker 1: pray that we would continually learn to put you first

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Speaker 1: in all things. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.