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I read this little poem written by John Wesley. He shared it with his congregation often so they would come to a better understanding of how they should live.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDo all the good you can,<\/p>\n
To all the people you can,<\/p>\n
At all times you can,<\/p>\n
In all the ways you can,<\/p>\n
By all the means you can,<\/p>\n
As long as ever you can.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Good<\/strong>. God\u2019s Word calls us to do good deed. We find that \u201cwe are God\u2019s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.\u201d <\/em>(Ephesians 2:10 \u2013 NIV) This is one of the reasons we were created\u2026and God has some wonderful things in store for those who do good works.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n People<\/strong>. Not just any people, all people. Including those we aren\u2019t drawn to or who are our enemies. Consider these two verses. \u201cAnd the second is like it: \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019\u201d<\/em> (Matthew 22:39 \u2013 NIV) \u201cBut I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.\u201d <\/em>(Matthew 5:44 \u2013 NIV)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Times<\/strong>. 2 Corinthians 9:8 (NIV) reminds us that \u201cGod is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.\u201d<\/em> I think this sums it up. Anytime. All the time. Do good.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ways<\/strong>. We can do good in any situation. Maybe we just need to look for the way. Galatians 6:10 (NIV) reminds us, \u201cTherefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.\u201d<\/em> Let\u2019s keep our spiritual eyes open and look for opportunities!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Means<\/strong>. Our pastor is leading us through the Book of Acts and showing how the early Church lived together in harmony. Take a look at this passage. \u201cAll the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.\u201d<\/em> (Acts 2:44-45 \u2013 NIV) Maybe we don\u2019t need to go to this extreme (or maybe we do), but if we have the means to do good, we should be doing good.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Long<\/strong>. And finally, as long as we are able, we are to do good. Galatians 6:9 (NIV) says, \u201cLet us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.\u201d<\/em> Keep it up. Never stop. Don\u2019t give up.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What good do you need to do today? If we all did our part, just think of all the good there would be in our world. I can\u2019t wait to see what opportunities God lays in my path today. What about you?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Grace and peace be yours in abundance,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Donna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thought I\u2019d share a picture of our sunrise this morning. I usually don\u2019t look toward the east when the sun is coming up. Remember my office faces west and the mountains, but this morning I just happened to glance out the east-facing window in my kitchen to see this beauty of a sunrise. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,11,17],"tags":[1961,3810,1134,914,3804,3806,3811,3286,733,3809,3807,3805,3808],"class_list":["post-4163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-following-god","category-loving-god","category-obeying-god","tag-2-corinthians-98","tag-acts-244-45","tag-ephesians-210","tag-galatians-124","tag-good","tag-john-wesley","tag-long","tag-matthew-1125-30","tag-matthew-2239","tag-means","tag-people","tag-sunrise","tag-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4165,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4163\/revisions\/4165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}