Daily "To Do..." List

I Thessalonians 5:12-16 (NLT)  Dear brothers and sisters, honor those who are your leaders in the Lord’s work. They work hard among you and give you spiritual guidance. Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other. Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are lazy. Encourage those who are timid. Take tender care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone. See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people. Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.

            How often do we read a passage of scripture, but perhaps because it is a familiar passage to us, it becomes easy to skip over some of the words or skim lightly through it. We are told not only to be hearers of the Word, but to be doers also (Luke 11:28, James 1:22). So what would it look like if we took the time to make a “To Do…” list as we read familiar passages as noted above? Perhaps it would look like this:

þ   honor leaders, especially those doing the Lord’s work

þ   show great respect

þ   show wholehearted love

þ   live peacefully with others

þ   warn those who are lazy

þ   encourage those who are the timid or shy

þ   take tender care of the weak

þ   be patient with everyone

þ   always try to do good

þ   always have a joyful attitude

þ   never stop praying

þ   be thankful in all circumstances

            Here is another question. What if this became our DAILY “To Do…” List?

Gracious Heavenly Father,

            Forgive us for the many ways we fall short of living Christ-like lives in this marred and tainted world. We are to not only hear/read your words, but we are also to put it into practice in our daily lives and we need your strength and courage to do so. Forgive our inadequacies and failures, and help us to begin afresh today. Thank you for your tender mercies.

            In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, Amen.

 

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