No wonder people are depressed and untrusting, with so many empty words and deeds going around. Lord please help me to not be empty. Lord make me different, make me more like You, so others will see the difference and be drawn to You. Amen.

A Prayer Asking To Be Filled

Lord here I am arms open wide,

Inviting You each day to fill me inside.

Give me Father a mind like that of  Your Son,

That I may do rightly to everyone.

Lord make me pure in word, thought and deed.

Lord as your garden all evil from me weed.

Fill me with your goodness that others I may feed.

Produce in me good fruit and good seed.

Good Nutrition

Currently I am trying to loose weight. I have decided that one thing I won't do is put empty calories in my body. If  I am going to eat calories they had better do me some good. especially if I have to carry them around. Sugary desserts, sodas, and fatty chips are some of  the nutritionally empty calories I want to avoid. Fruit desserts, desserts with whole grains, water, 100% juice, and fat free chips I make are what I want to eat. Words and deeds can be a lot like empty calories. This is true when I use words with out thinking about what they mean. Like hate. Do I really hate runny eggs? Hate is such a strong word. If  I examine it's real meaning, I dislike runny eggs, I hate evil. Also the word love do I love my Christmas presents? No. I really am pleased with what I got, I like the things I got very much. I love God and my husband. There are so many words that because of over use or miss use, have become empty. I need to think before I speak and I want to mean what I say. I want to be honest. Deeds are empty when they are done with thought of reward, or for selfish reasons, or to deceive someone.  Like if  I give $5.00 to a street person God will bless me with $50.00 dollars. Or if  I help this little old lady everyone will think I am a real good person. Or if  I  get a bunch of  food given to me and I know I should share it with my poor  neighbor so I give them a tenth of  it and tell them I am giving them half. My examples about empty words and deeds are not the best, but they are good enough to make me want to rethink what I say and do. I don't want to be an empty person, with empty words and deeds. I want to be full of God and I want what I say and do to be full of Him too; so I can nourish others. Also so others can know exactly who I am, what I stand for, and so they can trust me and rely on me. That is part of my desire to grow up to be like my Father, to be Christ like.

But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.  For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned. Matthew 12:36-37 My little children let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18 But let your yes be yes and your no, no. For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. Matthew 5:37 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Colossians 3:17

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