Morning Prayer #7

Jeremiah 7:5-7 “For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt: then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

In going astray and committing wickedness before the Lord, Judah, Jeremiah says, “walked after other gods to their own hurt.” False religions, fake philosophies, and erroneous ideas about God all tend to hurt the one holding to them. Not only do they offend God and bring judgment, but they wreak havoc in the lives of those following such false beliefs.

O Fountain of Living Waters, you are the source of all our true joy and the only legitimate object of our worship. How can we leave you? For where would we go? Who else has the Words of eternal life? Your word gives life through your Spirit, and all the idols of the nations do nothing but ensnare men in the carefully planted traps of Satan. Help us amend our ways and learn to both know you and love you more. Amen