Growing in Purity

 

Today’s Reflection

You must put on the new person. You must be changed into another person. You must often do things you do not wish to do and give up those you do wish to do.

—Thomas À Kempis, edited by Keith Beasley-Topliffe, The Upper Room Spiritual Classics: Writings of Thomas À Kempis (Upper Room Books, 2017)

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Today’s Question

What is one thing you should give up in order to be more like Christ? What is one thing you can take up? Join the conversation.

Today’s Scripture

So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being!
—2 Corinthians 5:17 (NRSVUE)

Prayer for the Week

God, you are selfless to the core. Your love for others transcends all bounds. Give me just a portion of your selflessness, and I will be made anew. Amen.
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Lectionary Readings

• Exodus 16:2-15
• Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45
• Philippians 1:21-30
• Matthew 20:1-16

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