Quick, tell me—what was the message of the Pastor’s last sermon?
Did you remember it for the rest of the day? How about the day following?
She or he worked several hours crafting a message explaining part of the Biblical message or something important in the life of the church. And you blew it!
I remember a phrase that is an apt description of the phenomenon—in one ear and out the other.
James warns us about the spiritual situation of those who sit and listen to teaching only to leave the gathering and do as they please. I love his analogy of the mirror:
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
Researchers tell us that we can act our way into believing or changing our mood. The best way to kindness and generosity is to practice kindness and generosity no matter how we feel at the time.
Don’t be a listener—be a doer.
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