Church Chicks, don't you dislike going for mammograms? One friend described it to me as "putting you in one room and your breast in another room." Ouch! Routinely doing self-exams can be very helpful in discovering problems before they get out of control. Today's Church Chick Word for the Day talks about doing "spiritual self-exams" which can assist us in being more of the light and salt that God's Word calls us to be: Influencers of culture and not influenced by the culture around us.
"Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean, put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, learn to do good, seek justice, reprove the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widows." Isaiah 1:16
Self-examination is so important in the Christian walk. We need to examine our lives closely each day for any unChristlike actions, thoughts, and motives that could be displeasing to God. We need to promote and do the right thing and step in and help those who need a hand up such as the fatherless and the widows around us.
Lord, help us today to be more focused on Your ways and desires and not on our own. Help us to reach out to others as influencers of our culture and to do it for Your glory and not our own. Show us someone around us who needs and encouraging word or hand and let us tell them that we are doing so to show Your love to them in a practical way. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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