Memory Verse Challenge: Week 26

Good Monday morning to you.  I hope you all had a very nice 4th of July weekend.  I know we did here - spending time enjoying new friends, the great outdoors and a fabulous fireworks show.

Moving is hard work and I find it helpful to get back to some sort of routine.  So without further ado...here is this week's memory verse.

 

This verse reminds us we can't forget that acting on our faith is key to keeping our faith alive.  There are two main reasons it's hard to live out our faith with our actions.  1) The constant cycle of busyness we find ourselves trapped in and 2) we simply don't want to.  We're good church-going folk and aren't interested in making much more of an effort than that.  

Regardless of the reasoning - the Bible spells it out for us.  Without action, our faith will die.  Just like your muscles will deteriorate if you don't use them.  Living out our faith with actions is our exercise.  It strengthens us - it strengthens our faith - and it strengthens our relationship with God.  We all must decide what kind of faith we want to have.  One kind takes effort and comes with great reward, the other one requires nothing and yet offers nothing.

See more about the Memory Verse Challenge here.

See the complete list of Challenge verses here.