July 22: WHAT WE DO WITH OUR LIVES IS A GOOD INDICATOR OF WHERE WE ARE IN OUR FAITH.

Affirmation: I am grateful for my body, mind and soul. God made me.

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!”‭‭ Psalm ‭139‬:‭13‬-‭17‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/psa.139.13-17.NIV~~~~~~~~Ponder, Practice, Personalize: Today we are reminded of the power and importance of love. Read and reread IJohn 4:16. Ponder the message and ask God to give you understanding and help you to live in love.

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” 1 John 4:16 NIV

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Reading for Today

Walk in Grace. Live in Love. by Bob Goff

                         July 22

WHAT WE DO WITH OUR LIVES IS A GOOD INDICATOR OF WHERE WE ARE IN OUR FAITH. 

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift 

you up in due time. Cast all your 

anxiety on him because he cares for 

you. 

1 PETER 5:6-7 

I love going to places like New YorkCity because the city itself is like a constant soundtrack. The honking horns might be overrepresented, but that's okay. I love hearing the city streets filled with the sound of a classically trained vio­linist or the guy drumming on plastic barrels or the man with the saxophone wailing out the blues in the subway. Musicians play music because they can't help it. The same is true for writers: they write. They get up every morning, and regardless of the size of their audience, they put their pens to the paper. Whether they write to move people or write for therapy, they write. The prac­tice of their art makes them artists. 

I think faith works the same way. It's not just a system of doctrines and behaviors and beliefs. It's about what we do with the things we believe. People will figure out what we believe when they see how we live. When we actively care for people who have been handed a difficult life, we show people love isn't all talk. When we bring peace to heated debates, our truest beliefs about the value and dignity of other people shine through. When we choose to risk a new relation­ship or a new business, we acknowledge God is in charge of the outcome, not us. 

There is something infectious about seeing someone captivated by their passions. We see it in musicians and artists. We can do it with our faith. When people see this kind of passion in our lives, they'll see more clearly the God who created those desires. 

 

What we do with our love is where we are in our faith. 

 

In what relationship or venture do you need to acknowledge that 

God is in charge?