Be and Do

Many people get the cart before the horse with all of their religiousness.  You must first Be, and then you will be able to Do those things which are pleasing in God's sight.  You must Be in Christ, and then you can Do for Christ.  You must Be privately, and then Do publicly.  God sees your love for Him in private first of all, and then your love for Him and others publicly.  You must be what God wants within, and then you can accomplish without something that really matters eternally in God's sight.  Let love be without dissimulation, that is, let love be genuine and sincere.  Live to please Christ, not self.  Love wortketh no ill to his neighbour. Ye must Be born again, and ye must Be transformed by the renewing of your mind daily (the inward man is renewed day by day), and then you can go forth and do good works for Jesus' sake alone.  Be particular, never get the cart before the horse.

Be (privately)

and

Do (publicly)

For Jesus' sake.