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Mark chapter 7 verse 6.

And he said to them,

Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites as it is written this people honors me

with their lips but their heart is far from me. What an indictment. Jesus is speaking with these religious

leaders, Pharisees and scribes who were criticizing Jesus and his disciples, and

he starts talking with him this whole passage in the beginning of Mark Chapter 7 about how they have

exalted their traditions over God's Word, which is a whole other issue we can dive into, our tendency to minimize God's word and elevate

our thoughts and our ways, even when doing religious things even when doing things that are supposedly

for God and that's that's what's so humbling about this verse that Isaiah prophesy of you

hypocrites he said this people honor me with their lips but their heart is

far from me.

How possible is that in my life, in your life,

to do all sorts of things in suppose religious devotion, religious activity.

This is so humbling just to think about, like it's possible for me to lead a podcast called Pray the Word and

take a few minutes and do this and just be talking and my heart be just in a totally

different place. It's possible to pray and be saying words with my heart not

bringing glory to God. It's possible to be singing a song in musical worship gathered with the church or at home and

singing gather around a screen during these days of pandemic whatever it might be

but it's possible to sing and our heart being a totally different place.

And so we are driven to pray. Even right now, God, please examine our hearts test our hearts soften our hearts help us we pray to

glorify you with the hearts that close to you, that are attuned to you, that are not just going through motions,

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