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Psalm chapter 115 verse 1

not to us oh lord not to us but to your name give glory for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness.

What a verse to pray and ask God to make this our motive in everything we do. We are prone to think about how our

actions will lead to others thinking certain things about us.

We're prone even to be controlled by what others opinions of us might be.

We're prone to filter what we say or what we do through the lens of

what will people think of us as a result of that and so to totally die to ourselves in this way and say not to us. God I don't want to think

about what other people will think about me. I just want to think about what other people will think about you as a result of my life, my

words, my actions. I just want to exalt your name, not to me, oh Lord, not to me, but to your name,

give glory.

I just want to live today for your glory.

I want to live so that people will see me, Matthew 516 and give glory to you in heaven.

That they'll think better about you, that they'll think more truly about you, that they will love you and honor you and want to glorify you as a result of my life.

Oh, let's just pray this. God, we pray that you'd forgive us for all the ways we have been and are prone to be

driven by what others might think about us or say about us.

God, we pray that you would forgive us for selfish motives and desires for selfish ambition in any way and God even as we

pray that help us to see how often we are motivated with desires for our own sake, our own

reputation. God, please help us to die to ourselves in this way and to live for your

glory alone. Oh God we pray not to us not to us but to your name give glory help us today

to do everything we do with a view toward causing others to see your glory, your

grace, your love, your mercy. Oh God we pray that the result of our lives today would be people loving you more, glorifying

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