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<blockquote data-quote="money_pit_yj" data-source="post: 619485" data-attributes="member: 7710"><p>Sorry guys, it has been a busy month. Now that I have more time I am going to try to do a daily devotional. They may not always be mine, but I am going to try!!!</p><p></p><p>The Right Recipe</p><p>One of my favorite things in the world is to sit down and eat a big fat ribeye. I love getting the baked potato ready, slapping garlic butter on a loaf of French bread, and throwing that beautiful 2'' thick ribeye in the specially prepared marinade and letting it tenderize and soak in all those bold flavors......... What if I stopped there? How good would the steak be if I just let it sit there in that marinade, and never built a fire and cooked it? The fact is, it would be pretty nasty and not the finished product the chef intended. James 1:22 says "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says". This verse is telling us to stop sitting in our churches and marinating and go out do what we are hearing. Do not deceive yourself, there is more to the Christian life than sitting in a building with a bunch of other like-minded people and doing nothing. 80% of the work in churches is done by 20% of the people, and that is inside the church. How many of the other 80% who do very little in and for the body of Christ are out in the world living out their faith? I will not say there are none, but I will tell you it is very few. Following this line of statistics, there are only 20-25% of all professing Christians living out their faith daily. It is not hard, the disciples were nothing other than willing vessels who allowed God to use them. Practical ways for us to live out our faith: </p><p>• Pray- for family, for friends, for your fears and needs, for your worst enemy</p><p>• Serve- at church, at work, at home. Daily look for small opportunities to show Christ's love to someone and expect nothing in return. Jesus did not come to be served, He came to serve.</p><p>• Surrender- You can not overcome your sin. If you could Jesus would not have had to die on the cross. Ask God to reveal your sin to you and to help you overcome it.</p><p>• Read your Bible-You can not know what God is telling us to do as Christians if you do not know His word!</p><p>I have lived a life that was spent sitting in the bowl marinating and it was good, it was safe, but just like that big ribeye cooked to perfection, I did not truly realize the blessings God had in store for me and how fulfilling healthy Christian walk was until I began to "do". Stop resisting and sitting in the bowl and marinating and focusing on learning more and knowing more and "Do what it says"!</p><p></p><p>Lord, show me practical ways to daily live out my faith. Give me opportunities to be your hands and feet and bless others as I serve them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="money_pit_yj, post: 619485, member: 7710"] Sorry guys, it has been a busy month. Now that I have more time I am going to try to do a daily devotional. They may not always be mine, but I am going to try!!! The Right Recipe One of my favorite things in the world is to sit down and eat a big fat ribeye. I love getting the baked potato ready, slapping garlic butter on a loaf of French bread, and throwing that beautiful 2’’ thick ribeye in the specially prepared marinade and letting it tenderize and soak in all those bold flavors......... What if I stopped there? How good would the steak be if I just let it sit there in that marinade, and never built a fire and cooked it? The fact is, it would be pretty nasty and not the finished product the chef intended. James 1:22 says “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says”. This verse is telling us to stop sitting in our churches and marinating and go out do what we are hearing. Do not deceive yourself, there is more to the Christian life than sitting in a building with a bunch of other like-minded people and doing nothing. 80% of the work in churches is done by 20% of the people, and that is inside the church. How many of the other 80% who do very little in and for the body of Christ are out in the world living out their faith? I will not say there are none, but I will tell you it is very few. Following this line of statistics, there are only 20-25% of all professing Christians living out their faith daily. It is not hard, the disciples were nothing other than willing vessels who allowed God to use them. Practical ways for us to live out our faith: • Pray- for family, for friends, for your fears and needs, for your worst enemy • Serve- at church, at work, at home. Daily look for small opportunities to show Christ’s love to someone and expect nothing in return. Jesus did not come to be served, He came to serve. • Surrender- You can not overcome your sin. If you could Jesus would not have had to die on the cross. Ask God to reveal your sin to you and to help you overcome it. • Read your Bible-You can not know what God is telling us to do as Christians if you do not know His word! I have lived a life that was spent sitting in the bowl marinating and it was good, it was safe, but just like that big ribeye cooked to perfection, I did not truly realize the blessings God had in store for me and how fulfilling healthy Christian walk was until I began to "do". Stop resisting and sitting in the bowl and marinating and focusing on learning more and knowing more and “Do what it says”! Lord, show me practical ways to daily live out my faith. Give me opportunities to be your hands and feet and bless others as I serve them. [/QUOTE]
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