{"id":587,"date":"2016-08-29T22:15:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T05:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=587"},"modified":"2016-08-29T22:15:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T05:15:35","slug":"what-must-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/29\/what-must-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What Must I Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cSirs, what must I do to be saved?\u201d And they said, \u201cBelieve in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Judges 2:4<br \/>\nAs soon as the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the <strong>people lifted up their voices and wept<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Acts 2:37<br \/>\n<strong>Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart<\/strong>, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, \u201cBrothers, what shall we do?\u201d And Peter said to them, \u201cRepent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit<\/p>\n<p>Luke 3:9<br \/>\nHe said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, <strong>\u201cYou brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits in keeping with repentance.<\/strong> And do not begin to say to yourselves, \u2018We have Abraham as our father. \u2019 For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.\u201d<br \/>\nAnd the crowds asked him,<strong> \u201cWhat then shall we do?\u201d<\/strong> And he answered them, \u201cWhoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.<\/p>\n<p>Acts 16:26<br \/>\nand suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone&#8217;s bonds were unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice, \u201cDo not harm yourself, for we are all here.\u201d And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas. Then he brought them out and said, \u201c<strong>Sirs, what must I do to be saved?\u201d And they said, \u201cBelieve in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What truth could be spoken to you where you would weep or ask what must I do? \u00a0I imagine it comes down to where we think truth comes from and how much we believe in that source. \u00a0Are we like those who Crist called a &#8220;Brood of Vipers&#8221; who had a head knowledge but their was no action or fruit. \u00a0Their heart was not in serving God but rather in themselves. \u00a0How close does this sound to how we live today. \u00a0Do we practice the presence of God in our heart, mind and soul? \u00a0Is it Him we are wanting to bring honor and glory to? \u00a0What would a life look like, what actions would be seen, what thoughts would be going through their head, how would they respond to others, who would they help????? \u00a0What ever answers you come up with to these questions will give you a very good starting point. \u00a0A good place to keep these questions coming from is staying in His word and thinking about what He is telling you. \u00a0Stay close to Him. \u00a0Learn to hear His voice, Obey what He is telling you. \u00a0Weeping will be that of Joy and your question turns from what must I do to &#8220;What do you want me to do&#8221; \u00a0I am willing!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSirs, what must I do to be saved?\u201d And they said, \u201cBelieve in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.\u201d Judges 2:4 As soon as the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/29\/what-must-i-do\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What Must I Do?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[749,954,199,950,958,951,952,956,949,957,352,116,955,953],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-angel-of-the-lord","tag-bear-good-fruit","tag-believe","tag-cut-to-the-heart","tag-doors-were-open","tag-flee-from-the-wrath","tag-fruits-in-keeping-with-repentance","tag-great-earthquake","tag-lifted-up-their-voices-and-wept","tag-prison-was-shaken","tag-saved","tag-share","tag-thrown-into-the-fire","tag-what-then-shall-we-do"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions\/600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}