Day 44 : Doing No Harm
Reflecting and Recording
What dangers lie in the spiritual life when we put too much emphasis on what we do not do?
What dangers lie in the spiritual life when we do not realize that some things have to go if vital spirituality is to come?
Relating
In the “General Rules” Wesley lists examples of things to avoid.
If you were to draft a list of things in contemporary living that Christians
must not engage in, what would it include?
Why is this list important for you?
How might you communicate it to others without failing into the trap of
legalism or trying to legislate spirituality?
Day 44
Doing no harm
The first Prudential means of Grace is doing no harm
1. What dangers lying in spiritual life when we put too much emphasis on what we do not do?
Wesley wants took measure of all the good that he did. And he found that this was not a good way of measuring your spiritual faith. However, the dangers that lie in spiritual life when we look at the things that we don’t do versus the things that we do do? Leaves me the wonder if we don’t measure the things that we do because it could be harmful are we supposed to be measuring the things that we don’t do?
All right, here’s my two…