"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 a man, who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does." James 1:22-25
How easily we forget this. When we first start out our journey we are so eager to soak up everything and to do our best to live like God would want us to. Then something happens and we get off track a little, start doing the things we used to do and not studying His word as often as we should. If we just continue to read the bible do our studies but don't do it with all our heart then we are not doing what He wants us to do. (when we study with our whole heart, we are more aware of how we are acting. Well, I know I am anways. (= )
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