If You Believe It, Then Do It

[If You Believe It, Then Do It](6flVhHyAN:m:1:2618166767:969D966601132D1E4472682081EBE167:r) Current Teaching Series [SHAPED to Make a Difference](6flVhHyAN:m:1:2618166767:969D966601132D1E4472682081EBE167:r) [Listen to Today's Broadcast](6flVhHyAN:m:1:2618166767:969D966601132D1E4472682081EBE167:r) [If You Believe It, Then Do It](6flVhHyAN:m:1:2618166767:969D966601132D1E4472682081EBE167:r) By Rick Warren — Sep 4, 2017 [Facebook](6flVhHyAN:m:1:2618166767:969D966601132D1E4472682081EBE167:r) [Twitter](6flVhHyAN:m:1:2618166767:969D966601132D1E4472682081EBE167:r) [Pinterest](6flVhHyAN:m:1:2618166767:969D966601132D1E4472682081EBE167:r) [Email](6flVhHyAN:m:1:2618166767:969D966601132D1E4472682081EBE167:r) [Devotional image from Rick Warren](6flVhHyAN:m:1:2618166767:969D966601132D1E4472682081EBE167:r) “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says” (James 1:22 NIV). Yesterday, we looked at Mark 12:30: “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength” (NLT). And one way to look at this verse is to focus on loving God with all your talk, all your feelings, all your thinking, and all your acting. God shaped you to be primarily a talker, a feeler, a thinker, or a doer. Talkers love God with their hearts. Feelers love God with their souls. Did you know that you can also love God with your intellect? Thinkers love God with their minds. When you’re developing and strengthening your mind, it is an act of worship. Thinkers love Bible study. Psalm 119:97 says, “How I love your law! I think about it all day long” (GNT). People who are thinkers fall in love with the Bible when they become believers. There is no other book in the world like it! It has the answers to life’s questions, including: Why am I here? Where am I going? What is the purpose of life? Does my life matter? What’s the past? What’s the future? Where did I come from? We need thinkers, because the world needs consideration. Somebody has to be thinking through complex issues and the implications of what the rest of us are doing. We need people who think through tough problems and bring solutions to the table. That’s why we need scientists, writers, philosophers, and innovators. But thinkers have to be careful to practice humility. The Bible says, “Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom” (Proverbs 3:7a NLT). Why? Because God is God, and you’re not. Humility is a choice. Not once in the Bible are you ever told to pray for God to humble you. It says to “humble yourself before the Lord.” It’s a choice. Humility is something you do to yourself. Nobody else can do it to you. They can humiliate you, but they can’t make you humble. In essence, humility is total dependence on God. It’s not denying your strengths; it’s being honest about your weaknesses. Thinkers also need to be careful to practice what they know. If you know it, then do it! James 1:22 says, “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says” (NIV). God’s Word is our manual for life and that’s why he wants up to do the things he ways we should do. He’s our Creator, and he knows the best way we should live. The great news is that God is always right there with us, helping us to follow his instructions. [PLAY today’s audio teaching from Pastor Rick >>](6flVhHyAN:m:1:2618166767:969D966601132D1E4472682081EBE167:r) Talk It Over - Is it harder for you to deny your strengths or be honest about your weaknesses? Why do you think this is so? - Make a list of the things you believe in. Are you acting on those things? - How are you developing and strengthening your mind as an act of worship? 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