Our small group/house church had a great discussion yesterday, mostly centered around works and grace (I think). While we all agree that we are saved by grace alone and not by anything we have done, can do or will do, the discussion was about what we should or should not be doing as Christ-followers to bring us closer to Christ.
I need to pray for God to change my heart because without that, I will never change. But I also contend that there are things I can and should do to help spur that on that change. My specific example was that I can sit in a room alone all day and pray that I will no longer gossip, complain or criticize, and I will probably not do any of those things because I am alone in a room.
But what happens when I leave that room? I do realize nothing will change if I am seeking to change for change itself, but I will only be transformed for Christ's sake.
The real issue is not how I will change, but why - and if - I want to be changed.
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