Devotionals by Raul Ries
SUNDAY August 2, 2026
Neglecting Christian Duties
Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
James 4:17
Consider the words James used to conclude this chapter. Each one of us, as Christians, is held accountable to what is stated in this verse. If we know to do something good, and yet we fail to do it, our neglectfulness becomes sin. Obedience is needed in the life of a Christian. Whatever God tells us to do, we need to do it.
Has God shown you a specific need in the body of Christ? When God ministered to your heart, did you do anything about it? God desires people to worship Him in spirit and in truth, this includes obeying the promptings of the Holy Spirit to do good deeds. Christians are to meet the needs that God has shown them. The following Scriptures also teach us about the responsibilities we have to do good:
Proverbs 3:27: Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so.
Luke 6:38: “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”
Galatians 6:2: Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Hebrews 6:10: For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Hebrews 13:16: But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.
~John Wesley~
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Raul Ries is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Golden Springs and President of Somebody Loves You Ministries. After his miraculous conversion in 1971, Raul began to read and study the Bible extensively even though he had a limited education. In 1974 he began a home Bible study with seven other committed individuals. Soon, he started to preach and counsel youth during the noon hour at his former high school, Baldwin Park High. Calvary Chapel West Covina grew out of Raul's home fellowship, as well as his Kung-Fu studio, and was soon meeting weekly at an old converted Safeway store. In 1993, the congregation moved to Diamond Bar and occupied a 101,000 square-foot corporate building on 28 acres. Calvary Chapel Golden Springs (as it is now called) draws between 10,000 - 12,000 in attendance weekly.
Author of several books, including Fury to Freedom (the story of his early life and dramatic conversion), Raul Ries has also produced three films: Fury to Freedom (feature film dramatization of the book); A Quiet Hope (a riveting and stirring documentary detailing seven soldier's accounts of the Vietnam War and its aftermath); and A Venture in Faith (a documentary of the history of the Calvary Chapel movement).
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