But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
—James 1:22 (NLT)
Heavenly Father,
Don’t allow me to fool myself! Help me not only to listen to Your Word, but also willingly choose to do what it says!
Save me from the self-deception that I am accomplishing something good when I merely listen to Your Word, but then walk away—failing to embrace and apply its instructions to my life.
Help me always to approach Your Word carefully and with proper reverence for the power of the Truth that it contains—that power to change me, from within, into all that You have called me to be.
Help me to invest the time to look carefully into the perfect law that sets me free, so that I can understand it, do what it says, remember what I have heard, and enjoy the freedom that living by Your Word can bring me.
Don’t allow me to fool myself! Help me not only to listen to Your Word, but also willingly choose to do what it says!
In the name of Jesus, Amen.
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