Doing Good

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1st John 1:9 KJV

Sometimes, God has to use an illustration to get our attention and make us see His Word...well, at least that's how it works in my life. I'm a hands-on, visual learner. Thankfully, He loves us enough to reprimand us when we need it, and then provides grace and mercy, along with His forgiveness.

The other point He drove home for me today is that, if the prayer or the verse is just a decoration - a pretty plaque sitting on the shelf or hanging on the wall - just something sitting around and not actively in use in our hearts and evident in our lives, it doesn't do any good for us or those around us. And we are here to follow in Christ's footsteps, who according to Acts 10:38a-b, ...you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good...  

Yeah, what are we doing?

Prayer:

Father,

           Thank You for loving us more than we can comprehend and enough to repeat the lesson as many times as it is necessary for us to get it. We want to learn the first time. Make it so, Father.  In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen