Our spiritual self-evaluation becomes more about quantity over quality. Stay in the Word. Continue to faithfully read it and diligently study it. In the process, God will be glorified in you by your love for others. Father, the fact that You desire a personal relationship with us is unfathomable. Thank You for loving us first — even in our sinful state — so that we could learn to love You.
We do this so imperfectly. And yet, You even provided for that when You sent us Your Spirit to help us. Thank You! Open our eyes to see what You want to show us in our Bibles today. Soften our hearts to receive the Truth that is sharper than a double-edged sword. Give us understanding to apply what we learn. And as we abide in Your Word, may our hearts be transformed from the inside out. May Your Word shape our thoughts and our words and our actions, and may we become faithful bearers of Truth to those around us.
May they know we are Yours because of our love. What does the Bible say about complaining? This quick mini Bible study looks at both Old and New Testament passages about grumbling and complaining, including causes and consequences of complaining. I quit studying the Bible. On purpose and for good reason.
I highly recommend it. A few years ago I sat in my typical seat in church and felt the doors to my soul open within as I listened to the sermon. As I observed my life in those quick few minutes during church, I realized how easy it is to listen and hear the Words of the Gospel, but fail to act upon those precious words. Shy away from a daily spiritual grind, seek God for opportunities to become a doer and invest in the lives of those around you.
Part of extending your hands in compassion and love is actually having a willing heart. It has to be transformed and cultivated by the same Gospel.
We all know that person, or perhaps we are that person, who has great intentions of ministering to others, but is far too busy with a complex schedule to be available.
If you offer to meet a struggling peer for coffee to talk, do it. If you see someone in need, address the problem or find the right person to address the problem i. Just know that being a doer can be difficult, confusing, unpleasant, and uncomfortable. It can mean getting messy, seeing the side of people that is unpleasant, experiencing sadness, seeing the dirt and the sins of humanity, and become all too aware of our personal shortcomings. We have to become prepared to be uncomfortable in some shape or form, but not allow it to deter us from carrying on in faith.
However, there are great joys and luminous revelations while being a doer, but we must be prepared to hold out for those moments while in the midst of being uncomfortable. Being doers can mean traveling across the globe to extend compassion and the love of Jesus or it can mean traveling to your backyard to the neighbor who is battling cancer.
We learn from James 1 that when we hear the Word but do not apply it, we deceive ourselves. James , For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass [mirror]: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. The emphasis here is that someone who only hears the Word without doing it is like a person who looks at himself in a mirror and then quickly goes his way and forgets what he saw.
People who are concerned about their appearance will take time to improve anything out of order when they look in a mirror so they can look their best. If they were to take that same care in doing the Word, they could make great improvements in their lives so they could be their best for God. We want to take the time to do the Word that we are hearing or reading! Contemporary English Version Obey God's message!
Don't fool yourselves by just listening to it. Douay-Rheims Bible But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. English Revised Version But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. Good News Translation Do not deceive yourselves by just listening to his word; instead, put it into practice. Don't merely listen to it, or you will fool yourselves.
International Standard Version Keep on being obedient to the word, and not merely being hearers who deceive themselves. Literal Standard Version and become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, NET Bible But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.
New Heart English Bible But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. Weymouth New Testament But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves. World English Bible But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
0コメント