Reading: Psalm 131

Father God,
help me to change.
I want to become more like Jesus.
He was the servant of all.
Help me to avoid the pitfall of pride.
Teach me how to quiet my soul
and be content in you.
Amen.

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Now about your love for one another
we do not need to write to you,
for you yourselves have been taught
by God to love each other.
And in fact,
you do love all of God’s family
throughout Macedonia.
Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters,
to do so more and more,
and to make it your ambition
to lead a quiet life:
You should mind your own business
and work with your hands,
just as we told you,
so that your daily life
may win the respect of outsiders
and so that you will not be dependent
on anybody.
(1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 NIV)*