{"id":2606,"date":"2023-05-19T02:27:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T02:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=2606"},"modified":"2023-05-11T21:34:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T21:34:46","slug":"do-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/do-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/strong>Friday, May 19<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do Good\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

And the King will say, \u2018I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!\u2019.\u00a0<\/em>Matthew 25:40<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As I read this verse today, I suddenly had a thought I\u2019d never had before. I realized that the righteous have done good things and did not keep track of it! This scripture does not describe the righteous as saying, \u201cOh yes, I know! I donated to those in need, I gave of my time reading to the elderly, I worked in the soup kitchen, I gave that one a coat<\/em>!\u201d They said, \u201cWhen did we do that?\u201d See, they were just doing so they didn\u2019t remember!<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve all been there. Sometimes, I\u2019ve done a good deed for someone and felt so good about it that I still remember it. There\u2019s a sense of, \u201cI did the right thing in that situation!\u201d But the best experience is when I\u2019ve done a good deed because it was the right thing to do and forgot. Occasionally someone will say I\u2019ve made an impact by doing something that I was not even keeping score of. It made me stop to wonder if maybe the things that we\u2019re proud of don\u2019t actually get credited to our account. I think it really comes down to our heart attitude. If we\u2019re doing good from a heart that\u2019s right, we won\u2019t even remember it, but God does, and these are the things that He\u2019ll credit to us.<\/p>\n

Scripture tells us many times that God looks on the heart and it\u2019s our heart attitude that\u2019s important to Him. David says in Psalm 139:23, \u2018Search me, God, and know my heart\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s pray that God would show us what\u2019s in our hearts, and help us to get rid of our self-serving attitudes and motivations, so that we can do good and not keep our own records. Let\u2019s leave it to God to record out good deeds and press on to love and serve God, and those around us.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Prayer for today<\/strong>:\u00a0Heavenly Father, Lord, please forgive me for the times when I\u2019ve done what I thought was right with the wrong motivation. Help me to do everything for You and for Your glory. Cleanse my heart from all selfish motives and attitudes and help me to show Your love to everyone around me. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Friday, May 19 Do Good\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And the King will say, \u2018I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!\u2019.\u00a0Matthew 25:40 As I read this verse today, I suddenly had a thought I\u2019d never had before. I realized that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2616,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606\/revisions\/2616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}