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Isaiah 1:16 · KJV

"Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;"

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Passage Context

14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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Devotional Reflection

GratitudeShame

Do you find it easy to substitute religious rituals for helping people in need? I know I do! But God doesn't want us to get so caught up in talking about Him and praising His actions that we forget we're supposed to care for others like He does. Whether Jesus is talking about His ministry in Luke 4:18-19 or James is talking about the kind of religion that makes God happy in James 1:26-27, we must remember that true faith means treating others the way God would. Today's verse tells us what God does and how we should act ourselves.

Prayer

O Great Comforter, help me to see those who need Your love today and give me the awareness, patience, and compassion I need to help them. In Jesus' precious name, I pray. Amen.

GratitudeCompassionShame

Do you find it easy to substitute religious rituals for helping people in need? I know I do! But God doesn't want us to get so caught up in talking about Him and praising His actions that we forget we're supposed to care for others like He does. Whether Jesus is talking about His ministry in Luke 4:18-19 or James is talking about the kind of religion that makes God happy in James 1:26-27, we must remember that true faith means treating others the way God would. Today's verses tell us what God does and how we should act ourselves.

Prayer

O Great God of All Comfort, please open my eyes today so I can see those who need Your love and give me the attention, time, and compassion to help them. May the work Jesus did show up in my life today. In Jesus' precious name, I pray. Amen.

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