Keep oneself from being polluted by the world!

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. 

⏤  James 1:27

True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency. 

⏤ Billy Graham

We as humans need to be careful as we go about in our lives, we need to keep ourselves from being polluted by the world! We have so many temptations and troubles in this world. So much plight from the evil and wicked that roams this world, trying to consume us. We see it in the government and news today, mostly complicit with the deep state and slaves for Satan hurting the country, world, and its people. It is sad to see all the evil today, much comes from the government pushing so much in the sense of wanting all of us to have vices, to be consumers of drugs, smokes, alcohol, sex, gambling, all the ills of society that come from sin and selfishness that then lead to greed, corruption, fraud, poverty, and poor health overall. We are polluted for sure! All we can do is pray and keep our eyes fixed on Jesus the best we can. 

The Mornings with God App today had a great Bible verse, prayer, quote, and write up today, they said "Father, it is not a holy world into which we must now go forth. It is full of sin. We must meet many temptations. Then it is not an easy life into which we have to go. It has its tasks, its duties, its responsibilities, and its conflicts. We shall have our burdens to carry and our duties to do. Yet we would not refuse to go forth into the world. It is Your voice that calls us forth—and wherever Your voice calls us, we would go without hesitation. We have no strength or wisdom of our own to make us equal to all the work and struggle of the day—but we know that when You send us forth, You will give us all the strength and wisdom we shall need. You have promised that as our days—so shall our strength be. Fill us with Your grace, that we may be able to move through this evil world without faltering in our faithfulness. We are not of the world, but belong to Heaven, and are citizens of the kingdom of Jesus. Help us to live out here on earth, our true life, the life of Jesus, the life of Heaven. May we be enabled to keep ourselves unspotted from the world. May we live so purely, so earnestly, with such abundant life, that our influence shall be a real force for Jesus. We ask for grace to make our common weekday work holy and beautiful, with the beauty of Christlikeness. May we be as Jesus to everyone we meet. In our social life, our business, our responsibilities at home, in all our friendships, in our leisure—may we show the sweetness of the love of Jesus. May You keep us, each and all, in all our goings and comings. Bless us—and use us to bless the world. Bring us together in the evening. We ask all these favors for Jesus’ sake. Amen." Found at:  https://www.youdevotion.com/daily-prayer/miller/71/morning

We need to remember this, that we are not of the world, but belong to Heaven, and are citizens of the kingdom of Jesus. May God help us to live out here on earth, our true life, the life of Jesus, the life of Heaven. May we be enabled to keep ourselves unspotted from the world that has become so evil, filled with wickedness of all those who have become slaves for Satan. God can give us grace for sure. He makes us think, reflect, and grow, all humans will disappoint us for sure. I know I have had family, friends, and co-workers disappoint me. Family not texting back or not wanting that I send a photo or a long text, from friends cancelling you for not joining their hate clubs, or even at work when you work and retire after almost 30 years at a workplace and they cannot even give you a retirement party or card. Yes, there are many disappointments in this world. We all face them. We can either give up, join their club, or follow Jesus, forgiving, reflecting Him, and just being about love anyway no matter how much the pollution bothers us and pray!