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Blog - 5/21/21

How can we be more obedient?

Heb 12:11
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Obedience (aka righteousness) means peace.
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Self-Absorption Precludes Big-Picture Thinking
“Drama kings and queens” spend too much time hyper-focused on themselves and their own problems. This is a very sticky form of dysfunction that destroys any real hope of stepping back and seeing the big-picture!

Jas 1:22 [Amplified]
But prove yourselves doers of the word [actively and continually obeying God’s precepts], and not merely listeners [who hear the word but fail to internalize its meaning], deluding yourselves [by unsound reasoning contrary to the truth].

Jas 1:22 [NLT]
But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

Obedience (aka righteousness) means peace.
Commit this to your memory RIGHT NOW!!!

Jas 1:22 [NLT]
But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

The Practical Road to Peace
The KoD is designed to keep you from DOING! If you only think righteously, but fail to DO righteously, you miss the blessing of abiding in the sphere of God, experientially. This is NOT a legalistic statement; rather encouragement to LIVE and “walk by the Spirit” (Gal 5:16).

Why Not the Truth?
A lot of people WANT to be lied to because they’ve been deceived into thinking that their life will be easier.

It’s time to “clean house”!!!

Gal 4:16
Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?