September 24 -- John 9: 1-9 "As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?' Jesus answered, 'It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.' Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with mud and said to him, 'Go, wash in the pool of Siloam' (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, 'Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?' Some said, 'It is he.' Others said, 'No, but he is like him.' He kept saying, 'I am the man.'"
Prayer focus for today: Sin is sin. No matter how good we try to be, Scripture tells us the truth that we are each born with a sinful nature. We cannot ever get rid of that nature, but we can choose to follow Jesus and be forgiven of our sins. Jesus is the only human who has ever and who will ever walk this earth who has never been sinful. Pray today that you and each person around you would recognize and be humble enough to repent from the sin inside. Pray for healing for those whose sin runs deep inside addictions of all types. Pray for eyes to see others as Jesus sees them, that you would not come at them in 'righteous' judgment, but in love and peace. Pray for words of wisdom to show each person around you the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ.
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