WE CAN'T JUST LISTEN TO THE WORD

James 1:22 But don’t just listen to God’s Word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. 23 For if you listen to the Word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. 24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. 25 But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing

Father, give us ears that want to listen to Your Word and let us be slow to anger; because anger makes us do things out of Your will. Lord, remove from our lives every kind of wrong; help us accept Your teachings that have been planted in our hearts, that will save us. Jesus, let us not only hear the Word but act on what is written so we do not forget. Father, let Your Word fills us with happiness, joy, compassion, wisdom, and knowledge when we study and receive the Truth.   Father, help us tame our tongues; let us not serve evil and You with the same tongue, let the words of our mouth be acceptable in Your sight, so we will bring honor to You.  Lord, You said, “if any of us is deficient in wisdom, let us ask, and You will give to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproach or faultfinding, “so we are asking for wisdom and knowledge and the strength and courage to obey, in Jesus name Amen