God gives a number of "to do" list in Scripture that are given for our Spiritual growth. Through the work of the Holy Spirit and our effort, we but into action what God asks. Walking with God requires our whole heart, our being. 19 Hebrew words from Isaiah 1:16-17 are over-viewed with a loose literal translation and meditation points to help believers grow as followers.

2. How We Mature In Christ
Daily Life
Holy Spirit
Disciplines
From Dallas Willard

3. One of God’s List
"Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the
evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil, Learn
to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend
the orphan, Plead for the widow.
Isa 1:16-17 NASB

4. A Pathway of Transformation
0 Wash yourselves
0 Make yourselves clean
0 Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight
0 Cease to do evil
0 Learn to do good
0 Seek justice
0 Reprove the ruthless
0 Defend the orphan
0 Plead for the widow

5. Make An Action Plan
0 As we go through this list, allow the Holy Spirit to…
0 Tell you what you are to do. Listen to God and see if He
has something for you to do.
0 Tell you what NOT to do. Are you over reaching, to busy.
Don’t YOU decide, but allow God to Shepherd you.
0 Add a time commitment beside your action plan
0 On Monday morning I will…
0 On Saturday at 6 pm I will

6. Wash yourselves
Bathe yourself
0 Clean up, keep yourself clean
0 Don’t be filthy all the time, take a shower
What is God’s desire for me regarding personal
hygiene?
How is taking care of my body, taking care of my life in
God?
How did Jesus relate washing and spirituality?
Last Supper

7. Make yourselves clean
Make yourself translucent, clean, innocent.
0 Stop hiding stuff.
0 Deal with who you really are.
Why did God make each of us responsible for our
lives?
A part of how God makes us clean is by telling us to
clean up.

8. Remove the evil of your deeds
from My sight
Turn off bad acts from the front of my eyes
0 Stop living as though God doesn't see YOU.
0 God made you with the power to choose, use it
rightly.
0 You are not a victim. You can choose.
Why did God choose to witness, and have the
believers who have died, witness our actions?

9. Cease to do evil
Be to flabby to be bad
Be to lazy to do evil
0 You know how to neglect stuff, to simply “forget.”
0 Forget to do bad.
0 Don’t have enough energy to get angry.
0 Be too weary to deal with judgmental thoughts.
God calls us to be to tired to sin. What happens in our
lives when we develop this skill?

10. Learn to do good
Teach and instruct to make gladness, happiness,
improvements
0 Do you know how to “tick people off?”
0 Learn to make them laugh.
0 Become skilled at joy and happiness.
Why does God call us to develop skills of joy?
What happens to your Spirit when you are happy?

11. Seek justice
Follow the divine law
0 The Kingdom of God is a Nation of laws with the two
greatest being centered on love.
0 Try to live by the laws of God and not your reason,
your emotions, or your physical desires.
Why does the God who is personal call us to live
according to laws?
When a people are lawless, what happens to
relationships?

12. Reprove the ruthless
Straighten out the violent
0 Evil is overcome with good. So strive to help others be
good, to set them straight.
0 Someone is in need of your help to be a better person,
please help them.
Why does God call us not only to do good, but to
actively help others be good too?

13. Defend the orphan
Judge the lonely, bereaved, fatherless
0 God does not leave us as orphans and calls us to be
like Him.
0 Talk for, litigate, argue for the lonely and isolated.
God is three persons in one. Why is fellowship,
community and “others” so important to God?
What role has God chosen for “others” to plan in your
life?

14. Plead for the widow
Wrestle, fight for the widow, the desolate
0 The Kingdom of God makes something out of nothing, out
of desolation. Join God by working in barren places.
0 A broken and contrite heart God will not despise and we
too should be drawn to brokenness.
God often uses the wilderness to build people into holy
vessels. Why does God call us to go to them in the
wilderness and help them?