Today's passage: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%2018-19&version=NIV
Acts 19:18-20 "Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done. A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas. In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power."
What an amazing transformation among the people of Ephesus. These people fell in love with their Lord and were filled with a desire to get rid of the practices that separated them from Him. Instead of putting their trust in witchcraft and sorcery, they would now put their trust in God. They put their hope for a future in Christ rather than in fortune telling and spells.
As believers, God has a way of revealing to us and convicting us of our sinful ways. He gives us the courage and strength to clean house of the sin that gets in the way of our relationship with Him. But we have to act intentionally to rid sin from our lives. Most of us could probably benefit from a good house cleaning from time to time. Cleaning up the poisons of temptations that we’ve allowed into our lives requires action on our part. Internet sites and TV channels need to be blocked, certain books and magazines need to be trashed, language needs to be cleaned up and other bad habits and thought patterns need to be swept away.
Take some time to reflect on your own life. Are you in need of a little house cleaning. Ask God to reveal the areas of your life that need to be dumped and be intentional about following through.
today's post submitted by Kelly Coxe
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