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No one does anything
  for no reason at all.
There’s always a reason
  for what you do in the
  world.
So why do you do
  the things you do?
And what else
  do your deeds
  prove about you?
On what do you base
  your decisions to act?
What is it
  that you are so sure is true
that you act on it
  with such resolve and
  fortitude?

Does your perception
  of things
automatically determine
  what your actions will be?
Do you act
  simply because you see?
You can consider
  an alternative course
  of action.
You can understand
  the implications of your
  deeds.
And by the strength
  of determination,
you can do
  as you would please.

You do interact
  with what you perceive.
And you act in accordance
  with what you understand
  the facts to be.
Thus your deeds
  are the proof
  of what you believe.
And your faith is
  plain to see.                                           See James 2:18

We live in a world
  of cause and effect.
Logic determines
  what will exist.
We cannot change
  the present or past.
But we do things
  for its future effect.
Thus,
what we choose to believe
  that the facts suggest
motivates the deeds
  that we commit
in order to put into effect
the fate that we prefer instead.
So our thoughts,
  and words, and the way
  we behave
is proof of what
  we ultimately anticipate.

So the faithful forsake
  pride, presumption, and
  arrogance.
They abandon vain conceit
  and prejudice.
For without the presumption
  of pride and conceit,
they can understand the truth
  more easily.

They deny sinful lusts
  and repent of all greed
because they
  expect that one day
  they will achieve
a firm and sure,
  everlasting peace
just as they had
  come to believe.

They do not deny
  what can be proved.
But they humble themselves
  and submit to the truth.
They search their hearts
  and examine their souls
for the ways that will best
  accomplish their goals.
With quiet meditation
  and careful self-reflection
they search for the truth
  that they can fully trust in.
And the discovery of the
  truth
is a revelation of good news
that satisfies their souls
with the knowledge
  that their spirits
  long to know.

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