Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
—1 John 2:15-17 (NLT)
Almighty God,
Help me to set my love on You alone—that through my faith, I might please You in everything I think, say and do.
Help me not to set my love
on the world or the lesser things that this world offers—but help me to find
true treasure in knowing, by experience, all that You are for me.
Help me to reject the temptation
to only follow after the self-focused pursuit of the physical pleasures of this
world and my desire for everything I see—and look instead for ways that I can be
others-focused, as I reach out to help those that You place in my path for me
to serve.
Help me to reject the
pride, that this world promotes, over those things that I have accomplished—knowing
that You alone bring me success and that the success that You bring me is not
as the world measures success.
Help me to reject any
pride over what possessions I have accumulated—knowing every good thing I have
is not mine at all, but only temporarily entrusted to me to meet my needs—and the
needs of others—while I am here.
Remind me that this world,
and all that is in it, is quickly fading away—and that my hope of eternal life
is only found in You.
Help me to set my love on You alone—that through my faith, I might please You in everything I think, say and do.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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