Prayer, silence and solitude?
Reading, listening and memorizing scriptures from the Word?
Journaling?
Participating in community? (Church attendance, small groups, meetings)
Listening to sermons online or through podcasts?
Reading books about or related to your Christian walk?
There are so many things we can be doing to help us walk a better walk.
And while all these things are helpful, they are not the most important part...
James 1:22 - Do not merely listen to the word, and deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
We can do all that I listed above, we can come to to have a great knowledge about the Word...but if we do not do what it says...does it even matter?
All of the knowledge in the world is useless in the hands of a person who will not use it.
2 Corinthians 6:3 - We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
When we who claim to be Christians do not apply the Word of God to our lives, when we don't live our lives different...we become a stumbling block, an obstacle to others. We are not perfect, we are all broken and sinful and we will mess up; but when we apply the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in the context of a life changed by it...others are changed by it.
Lord I pray that you would reveal to us areas where we know the truth, but are not applying that truth to our lives. I pray that we would be a people who not only knows about You, but intimately knows You and shows that by living a life that is changed by You. Amen.
All of the knowledge in the world is useless in the hands of a person who will not use it.
2 Corinthians 6:3 - We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
When we who claim to be Christians do not apply the Word of God to our lives, when we don't live our lives different...we become a stumbling block, an obstacle to others. We are not perfect, we are all broken and sinful and we will mess up; but when we apply the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in the context of a life changed by it...others are changed by it.
Lord I pray that you would reveal to us areas where we know the truth, but are not applying that truth to our lives. I pray that we would be a people who not only knows about You, but intimately knows You and shows that by living a life that is changed by You. Amen.
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