If God does bless us in reading His word, He expects that we should be obedient children and that we should accept the Word as His will, and carry it into practice. If this be neglected, you will find that the reading of the Word, even if accompanied by prayer, meditation, and faith, will do you little good. God does expect us to be obedient children and will have us practise what He has taught us. The Lord Jesus Christ says, ‘If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.’” And in the measure in which we carry out what our Lord Jesus taught, so in measure are we happy children. And in such measure only can we honestly look for help from the Father, even as we seek to carry out His will.
Action
Gregory the Great
Whatsoever one would understand what he hears must hasten to put into practice what he has heard.
Tony Compola
I have three things I’d like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases related to malnutrition. Second, most of you don’t give a shit. What’s worse is that you’re more upset with the fact I just said “shit” than you are that 30,000 kids died last night.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If we want to be Christians, we must have some share in Christ’s large-heartedness by acting with responsibility and in freedom when the hour of danger comes, and by showing a real sympathy that springs, not from fear, but from the liberating and redeeming love of Christ for all who suffer. Mere waiting and looking on is not Christian behaviour. The Christian is called to sympathy and action, not in the first place by his own sufferings, but by the sufferings of his brethren, for whose sake Christ suffered.
Reinhard Bonnke
If you never place yourself in a position where you must depend on God, your faith is meaningless. Your belief may be very positive, but it is a dead positive if you do not act on it. Deeds come alive with faith, and faith comes alive with deeds.
Believing goes on in the heart and mind, unseen, until it translates into something we do. The power of God operates when we operate by faith. The famous chapter of Hebrews eleven was written to show that because the ancients of faith believed – they dared. Let us dare to do something special for Jesus.
Timothy Keller
If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We do justice when we give all human beings their due as creations of God. Doing justice includes not only the righting of wrongs but generosity and social concern, especially toward the poor and vulnerable.
Ed Silvoso
Jesus did not write a book or a manual for His followers so that they could learn His teachings. Instead, He modeled His teachings and imparted them to His disciples. His words were far more powerful than ink and paper; they are spirit and life (see John 6:63).
Dennis Booth
Sometimes the miracle you are waiting for is waiting for you to reach for it. The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
Josh Baldwin
The more we see things from His perspective, the more our faith rises. The more our faith rises, the more we get the confidence to step out… and when we step out He always meet us there. Choose to lift your head today and see the way God sees.
Reinhard Bonnke
Faith…needs to be matched with action. Belief is not just brain cells in motion. It demands a response. Do we do what we believe? If we believe in a seed, we plant it.