So how are you doing with your daily walk? Witnessed? check. Praised God? check. Prayed? check. Read the Bible? check. Showed someone the love of Jesus? check. Generously gave to your church? check (no pun intended).
I hope that in your effort to be more organized that you are not reducing your relationship with the Lord to a checklist.
Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
(Eph 3:13-21)
Your Heavenly Father loves you and wants you to spend time getting to know Him. Think of how you feel about your kids or your best friend. You wouldn't want them to reduce your relationship to a checklist would you? Of course, not. Checklists can help us be organized, but they are no substitute for spending time with someone, getting to know them, and personally loving them.
Yours in Him,
Pastor B.
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