Proverbs 20
God wants us to be in action...it's not just about listening but doing.
The question becomes what do we do.
1. We love God with our all of our heart, soul, and mind (Matthew 22)
2. We love others as ourselves (Matthew 22)
3. As a consequence of #1 and #2, we deny ourselves and our desires and live for God (that is why we exist) for others - to serve and not to be served.
My Prayer: Lord You are an awesome God that never ceases to love me and You bless me beyond what I deserve. Thank You Jesus! I am not worth such an awesome God. I am often lazy - please forgive me Jesus and help me overcome and turn from my sin towards You. Help me love You with all of my heart, soul, and mind and love others as You do. Help me grow in my faith. Give me strength. Give Lisa strength. Please heal and cure Lisa of her cancer and the side effects of chemo. Help me lead Zach and Dustin to You Jesus and have them accept You as their Lord and Savior as their choice. Help me serve You and my family Jesus. Help me understand, be obedient to, and apply Your message for me today and every day.
Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing. v4
God wants us to be in action...it's not just about listening but doing.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. James 1:22-25
The question becomes what do we do.
1. We love God with our all of our heart, soul, and mind (Matthew 22)
2. We love others as ourselves (Matthew 22)
3. As a consequence of #1 and #2, we deny ourselves and our desires and live for God (that is why we exist) for others - to serve and not to be served.
My Prayer: Lord You are an awesome God that never ceases to love me and You bless me beyond what I deserve. Thank You Jesus! I am not worth such an awesome God. I am often lazy - please forgive me Jesus and help me overcome and turn from my sin towards You. Help me love You with all of my heart, soul, and mind and love others as You do. Help me grow in my faith. Give me strength. Give Lisa strength. Please heal and cure Lisa of her cancer and the side effects of chemo. Help me lead Zach and Dustin to You Jesus and have them accept You as their Lord and Savior as their choice. Help me serve You and my family Jesus. Help me understand, be obedient to, and apply Your message for me today and every day.
