And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

Disobedience leads to moral depravity and debasement. Always! Why cannot the world see the absolute correlation between the denial of Your Lordship and the deterioration of the culture? If anything, the tempo of denial has picked up in recent years. Lord, strengthen Your Church to stand in faithfulness to You.

Today's readings in the Psalms:

Morning: Psalm 80

Mid-day: 119:97-104

Evening: Psalm 6

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