As we finish this week of looking at different ways God speaks,

today we're going to look at the role of taking action in hearing God.

One of the most powerful ways to discover what God thinks and how God feels is joining him

where he is at work in the world around us.

So my prayer today is that God opens our eyes and ears

to discover fresh parts of how he declares his heart to us

and that we're empowered to take action today

in even more meaningful ways.

Welcome to the first 15 podcast. Our scripture for today comes from James chapter 1, verses 23 through 25.

Scripture says,

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer,

he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.

For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets, but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

Faith and action go together.

Understanding and works are tethered,

join together at salvation through the working of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers.

James 2 verses 14 through 17 asks us,

What good is it, my brothers,

if someone says he has faith,

but does not have works?

Can that faith save him?

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