Wisdom Friday �
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Being Religious:
• Focus: Rules, rituals, traditions, outward practices.
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• Motivation: Often centered on duty, appearance, or identity (“I go to church every Sunday because that’s what a Christian does”).
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• Risk: Can become legalistic, focusing on external behavior without real transformation of the heart.
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Example: Someone may pray, fast, or give generously, but do it mainly to look “holy” or to feel righteous in comparison to others.
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Servanthood / Being Godly:
• Focus: Relationship with God, serving others out of love and humility.
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• Motivation: Rooted in genuine faith, gratitude, and obedience to God’s will.
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• Risk: Requires surrender, humility, and selflessness—harder to “fake” because it’s about the heart.
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Example: Jesus washing the disciples’ feet (John 13:12–15). It wasn’t about ritual, but about showing love and modeling humble service.
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Key Difference
• Being religious is about form (outward action).
• Living in servanthood/Godliness is about substance (inner heart, obedience, and love).
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� Bible Connection:
• James 1:27 — “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
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Here, true religion is not empty rituals but serving others with a godly heart.
� In short:
• Religious = ritual without relationship.
• Servanthood/Godly = relationship expressed in humble service.
Happy Friday everyone ���
Drey Sameon
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