How Do We Do That?

But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.  (James 1:22, NLT)

So many times when someone asks me for help, I give them scripture and they finish the scripture before I do. 

Many know scripture; however, 
many do not know how to apply scripture. 

They say, “Genice, I know scripture. I can quote scripture all day long. But I’ve never been taught how to apply scripture to my everyday life.”

In order to learn how to apply God's Word on a practical level, we go to the basics, and build on a strong foundation.

Operating according Matthew 6:33, "Seek first His kingdom". When we seek Him first, which is dedicating every aspect of our lives to Him first, (relationships, finances, health, etc) so many issues resolve themselves. So many things just fall right into place

Seek Him first. 
How do we do that? 

Luke 10:27 gives us our command in very basic terms. We are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.

To condense that, love our Lord with our all.

And we are to love our neighbor as ourselves. Which brings the question, how do you love yourself? 

What is your opinion of you?

Loving God and our neighbor as we've been commanded.
How do we do that? 

We walk in the Spirit not fulfilling the lusts of the flesh. 
How do we do that?

By renewing our minds daily
Some days daily is once a day. 
Some days daily is all day long. 

He gave His Word TO us FOR us so,

 wisdom says take full advantage of His life giving Word!

Then we take all the above and tie it together with prayer! (1 Thess 5:17)

• Seek Him first
• Love
• Live in His Word
• Pray