Monthly Archives: January 2017

YOU HAVE POWER

You have to realize that the power within you is not natural,but supernatural. Therefore,it’s not functional nor operational through your human ability or capabilities.

REMEMBER 

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.[I John 4:4]

Have you realized how POWERFUL you are, as a child of God? Jesus said it clearly,
“Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven”{Luke 10:19-20}. However,to activate the power within you have to be connected to Jesus.

LISTEN TO WHAT JESUS SAID :

“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.  If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.  If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.  By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples”{John 15:4‭-‬8}.

DEMONSTRATION OF YOUR POWER:

“He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.  And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;  they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”[Mark 16:16‭-‬18]

POWER WHEN YOU FEEL WEAK:

And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(2 Corinthians 12:9-10)

2 Timothy 2:3 Suggests that,
You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
Then Philippians 2:13 tells us,
For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Philippians 4:13
You can do all things through Christ Who strengthens you.
-Through Christ we are able to endure hardships and difficulties in all situations and circumstances
-We are more than conquerors  and we cannot be conquered.
-We are victors  and we cannot be victimized.
-Through Christ the enemy is defeated. Through Christ we have all victories.
-So let us celebrate and give God all the praise, honor and glory for who we are and what we have in Christ Jesus.
+++Blessed you are and blessed you will always be and to God be all the glory. Amen!

Abundantly Blessed

The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.
[Proverbs 10:22]

Here is the Biblical Guidelines to Greater Finances.
Malachi 3:10 (AMP)
Bring all the tithes (the whole tenth of your income) into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and prove Me now by it, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
•Everyone want the blessings of the tithe, but everyone is not willing to tithe.
•Tithing is God’s commandment, not man’s opinion or option.
•God still uses our tithes as means to abundantly bless us with material wealth.
•For those who do not believe,
Romans 3:4 …let God be true, but every man a liar…
•If you can’t trust God with your money how can you expect God to trust you with His money.
•God always honors His Word. They that are faithful in little will be faithful in much, and to whom much is given much is required.

You are Blessed to Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ
•After the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, Thomas one of the twelve Disciples didn’t believe that Jesus was risen form the dead.
John 20:29
Then Jesus told Thomas, “Because you have seen me, you have believed (trust and have faith in Me); BLESSED are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
•The word BLESSED here means: Enjoying enviable happiness, spiritually prosperous with life joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of your outward conditions.
•When you read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation you will understand that the word BLESSED also means:
-To be abundantly and unlimitedly supplied with all of life’s necessities from Earth to Heaven and from Heaven back to earth.
-To be abundantly and unlimitedly supplied with the inexhaustible riches of God in Christ Jesus.
*Now you know what it means when I say to you “Blessed you are and blessed you will always be and to God be all the glory”
•If you know that you are BLESSED please respond with an “Amen!”
+++Blessed you are and blessed you will always be and to God be all the glory. Amen!

SPREAD  THE GOSPEL

What  are you spreading ? 

How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”{Isaiah 52:7}.

How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!” But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “ Lord , who has believed our report?” So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed: “Their sound has gone out to all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world.”[Romans 10:14‭-‬18].

​You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort, who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some. Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”{2 Timothy 2:1‭-‬4‭, ‬14‭-‬19 }

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We  are  hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we  are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So then death is working in us, but life in you. And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak, knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.[2 Corinthians 4:1‭-‬15]

YOUR ASSIGNMENT  IS TO:

I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.[2 Timothy 4:1‭-‬8]

Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To the one we  are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things? For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.

II Corinthians 2:14‭-‬17 NKJV

ACTION SPEAK LOUDER, than words

“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
{Matthew 7:24-27}

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But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
{James 1:22-25}.

Several years ago, a preacher from a distant town accepted a call from a church in Leeds. Some weeks after his arrival, he had an appointment that made him to board a bus to another part of the town. When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had mistakenly given him his balance in excess of 50 pence. As he considered what to do, he thought within him, ‘You’d better give this money back. It would be wrong to keep it’. Then another thought came, “Oh, forget it, it’s only 50p; who would worry about this little amount, afterall the bus company makes so much money on fares; they will never miss it. Accept it as ‘a gift from God’ and keep quiet. “When he was getting down from the bus, he paused momentarily at the door, and then handed the 50p to the driver and said, ‘Take; the balance you gave me was in excess’. The driver, with a smile, replied, ‘Aren’t you the new preacher in town?’ ‘Yes I am’, he replied. ‘Well, I have been thinking a lot lately about where to go to worship. I just wanted to see what you would do if I gave you a balance in excess. I’ll worship with you at the church this Sunday. When the preacher stepped off the bus, he grabbed a nearby electric pole, looked up and said, ‘Oh God, I almost sold your Son for 50 pence!’. Our lifestyles are the only Bible some people will ever read. This is just a subtle example of how much people watch us as Christians, and will put us to test! Always be on guard — and remember — You carry the name of Christ on your forehead and shoulders, once you say you are a Christian. ‘Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny’. I’m glad a friend forwarded this to me as a reminder and I chose to forward it to you. If you don’t pass this on to anybody, nothing bad will happen to you; but, if you do, you would have ministered to someone today and God will bless you. If you must miss any place, don’t miss HEAVEN. If you must miss any appointment, please don’t miss THE RAPTURE. If u must miss any meal, please don’t miss THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB. The end is no more NEAR, it’s HERE. Its global evangelism day please send this to all those you’d like to see in heaven.

“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock. But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”
[Luke 6:46-49]

BE IMMOVABLE 

​There is a  Blessing in

Being Steadfast ,and  unshakable 

1 Corinthians 15:58 

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be STEADFAST, UNMOVABLE, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. 

Steadfast: uncompromising, firmly fixed, consistent and persistent in love, faith and all that pertains to life and godliness. 

+Being STEADFAST prevents procrastination. 

Procrastination: To be slow or late about doing something that should be done. To put off intentionally and habitually

-Procrastinating is a thief of time, productivity, prosperity and good success. 

Ephesians 5:15-16 (AMP)

 Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people), of God.  Making the very most of your time [making every opportunity profitable], because the days are evil. 

The Blessing of 

Being Steadfast 

Proverb 6:10-11

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:  So shall your poverty come upon you like a vagabond, and your want like an armed man. 

+Do not go to sleep when it’s time to be awake. 

+Do not rest when it’s time to be  working.  

Proverb 14:8 

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his ways…

Proverb 22:29 

See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before kings and prominent men. 

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he  is  a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

James 1:2‭-‬8 NKJV

-Continue to be prudent, diligent, and steadfast in your Godly disciplines. 

+Short term sacrifices has long term benefits.  

•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our faith, trust and confidence in Him. 

•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

ONLY GOD’S WAY IS GOOD 

I realize that most people like to talk to God,but they don’t want to hear what He has to say.

They have the audacity to want to give Him orders,and tell Him what they want,how they want it,and when they want it.

BUT GOD SAYS:

“Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:  Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord , and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord .  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.  For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:  So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it”.[Isaiah 55:6‭-‬11]

God got questions too:

“Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: “Who  is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge? Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me. “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy? “Or  who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb; When I made the clouds its garment, And thick darkness its swaddling band; When I fixed My limit for it, And set bars and doors; When I said, ‘This far you may come, but no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!’ “Have you commanded the morning since your days began, And caused the dawn to know its place, That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it? It takes on form like clay under a seal, And stands out like a garment. From the wicked their light is withheld, And the upraised arm is broken. “Have you entered the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths? Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death? Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. “Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place, That you may take it to its territory, That you may know the paths to its home? Do you know it, because you were born then, Or because the number of your days is great? “Have you entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail, Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war? By what way is light diffused, Or the east wind scattered over the earth? “Who has divided a channel for the overflowing water, Or a path for the thunderbolt……,{Job 38:1‭-‬25}

God’s answer is yes or no,but we don’t like to hear no,or wait.

“Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’  But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne;  nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.  Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.  But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’  But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.  If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also.  And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.  Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor  and hate your enemy.’  But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,  that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.  For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?  And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?  Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.[Matthew 5:33‭-‬48]

DOING GOOD 

​Doing Good Always Pays Off

Be not deceive,God is not mocked,whatsoever you sow,you will reap (Galatians 6:7)

However ,Luke 6:31 says,

Do to others as you would have them do to you. 

Galatians 6:10 

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto everyone…

•Let us make a conscious effort to sow in the lives of others and to do good to others as often as we can. 

2 Corinthians 9:6

…he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully. 

Acts 20:35

…it is more blessed to give than to receive. 

•The beginning of receiving is giving. 

James 4:2

…all of you have not, because all of you ask not. 

•You can also have not because you gave not. 

Luke 6:38

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running  over, shall men give into your bosom…

Colossians 2:23-24

” And whatsoever all of you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord all of you shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for all of you serve the  Lord Christ”. 

Romans 1:22-25 KJV
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,  And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.  Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our faith, trust and confidence in Him. 

•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

It’s in God’s hands

“The Lord God has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear To hear as the learned. The Lord God has opened My ear; And I was not rebellious, Nor did I turn away.
Isaiah 50:4-5

For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they  see before them. All things come alike to all: One event happens to the righteous and the wicked; To the good, the clean, and the unclean; To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath. This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they  go to the dead. But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished; Nevermore will they have a share In anything done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:1-6

MONEY WORRIES 

“If you are all consumed with money, and if you worry about money, then money is an idol to you. If you worry about  how you’re going to pay your bills, or about how your going to take care of the mortgage,  then in your life money has run ahead of God.”

“The enemy wants you to worry about finances, wants you to think about money in order to drive you away from God. He knows that if you actually follow God, if you actually honor Him, if you actually love Him, if you actually serve Him, then He will prosper you and make you great in the city gates. You’ll be blessed going in, and you’ll be blessed coming out (see Deut. 28:6). He will bless those who bless you, and He will curse those who curse you (see Gen. 12:3). The enemy of your souls knows this. He reads the Bible more than any of us do.”

God says:And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.{Philippians 4:19}

You should declare this daily:

“For the Lord God is  a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You! {Psalms 84:11‭-‬12}.

Trust in the Lord , and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord , And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord , Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday. Rest in the Lord , and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.{Psalms 37:3‭-‬7}.

HE NEVER SAID TO TRUST IN MONEY.HE SAID TRUST HIM.

May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, And fulfill all your purpose. We will rejoice in your salvation, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.{Psalms 20:4‭-‬7}

Listen 

Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease! Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.{Proverbs 23:4‭-‬5 }

Proverbs 28:22 ” A man with an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.”

Prov. 28:27 “He who gives to the poor will not lack, but he who hides his eyeswill have many curses.”

“Do you really believe that? ‘He who gives to the poor will lack nothing.’ Stingy people do not give to the man on the street. Stingy people do not pour money into  charitable organizations. If you are not currently giving to someone, you, my friend, are stingy. And what follows stinginess? Poverty.”

Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”{Luke 6:38}

“Know It’s God’s Money. It’s not yours. It’s God’s money. It come from Him, and He has a much bigger purpose for that money. He wants to multiply that money, but when you get it and don’t honor Him or you’re stingy with it or you’re all caught up with in it, He will not bless you with more. He won’t give you more because those attitudes put you on a road to destruction. If you’re on a road to destruction, He’s not going to give you more so that you wind up destroying your life.”

-Spirit Driven Success, Dani Johnson

“The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;” Psalm 24:1
#Spiritdrivensuccess #DaniJohnson #JesusFIRST #Psalmtwentyfourone

GODLY REQUIREMENTS 

​He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? {Micah 6:8}.

Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in  it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless. Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.{James 1:21‭-‬27}.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which  is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. {Romans 12:1‭-‬2}