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Deuteronomy chapter 24, verses 10 through 13.

When you make your neighbor alone of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his

pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out

to you. And if he is a poor man,

you shall not sleep in his pledge. You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets,

that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you

before the Lord your God. I love this simple picture. It's these miscellaneous laws

from God to His people in Deuteronomy. And specifically here, what I want you to notice,

what I want to lead us to pray according to is the relationship between righteousness before God and simple, compassionate

care for other people. That last phrase, it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord

your God. What will be righteousness for you before God?

Like isn't that something we all want today? Every follower of Jesus, every child of God wants

righteousness before Him. So what will be righteousness for us before God?

To simply care for the people around us, to give back to them what we owe them, or if we have

something that would help someone who is poor or in need.

Let's look for opportunities to give to them that they might be provided for and that they might

bless us and glorify God. What a picture. God, help us. We pray to grow in righteousness today

by growing in simple love and care for other people. God, I pray for this in my life. I pray for

this in every single person who's listening right now. God, we pray that you'd help us today to be

sensitive to ways that we can love and care for people around us, particularly people

who are in need.

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