"What's This!"

"Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Zion: build Thou the walls of Jerusalem." (Psalms 51:18) Oddly enough, our sins do effect other people; so much for the Libertarian view of "What's mine is mine", because in the real world of spiritual cleansing, sin is not a personal issue anymore. Any person that loves, truly loves as God would have him or her to love, should be able to see and understand that their sins are not their own issue, they spread like a cancer to those around them, and they effect everyone that has any contact whatsoever with them or anyone that they know. Don't believe me? Then what do you think David is speaking of here in this "Prayer for Spiritual Cleansing"? This is how Jesus told His disciples to pray, saying, "Thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven"; we need to pray for those that are around us, those that have been influenced by our actions, and those that have been stumbled by our stupidity. It's not just about us, it's about others first! That is what it means to be a servant, to serve others by denying ourselves. We cannot honestly love our brother as Jesus has commanded us to if we do not deny ourselves, because self will always get in the way. Our sin is a product of the flesh, and our flesh is a representation of self; if we deny self, then we will also deny the flesh, and if we deny the flesh, we will not sin. As simple as that might sound, it is not, nor is it even possible without God's Spirit to empower us and to give us the strength to overcome. But when we do, and we should make every effort to make it happen, then we need to strengthen those around us; we need to intercede for those that might have been effected by our bad choices; we need to pray for "Spiritual Cleansing" in our homes, in our businesses, in our churches; wherever God might lead us to pray, we need to make that a part of who we are, because in reality, it is! We are the Body of Christ... "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren." (1 John 3:14-16)