Enjoy Doing as Much Good as You Can!

 You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached— how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.    Acts 10:37-38   NIV

   When we think about living like Jesus, we often get sidetracked into thinking about what we should not do. We end up putting a whole lot of energy into not being mean or impatient or dishonest or other actions we know are wrong.  This is a sly trick of our enemy.  He knows that if we spend our time thinking about the bad we don’t want to do, we won’t accomplish much of the good we do want to do. If we spend  all of our energy  trying not to do evil, we won’t experience God’s power to do good.    

    If you want to be like Jesus, make it your simple goal to go “around  doing good”  as much as possible.  Ask God to flow his healing and life giving love through you to others as you go through your day.  This week, start each day with this simple, centering prayer.

           “Father in Heaven, I give you all of me today.  I want to do as much good as possible.  Please flow your goodness through every part of me today so that others can know your healing life.”