In most games a higher score is better. In others, like golf, a lower score is better. You know that sin is bad and you should not practice it. You are not to sin that grace may abound. Having said that, have you noticed that some believers like to keep score, and that a lower sin score is better? This attitude is not a reflection of Kingdom principles. For you have seen those who have a low ‘sin score’ who also seem to have no hunger for righteousness or passion for the Kingdom of God. Those who are aware that they are forgiven much love much, but he who is forgiven little loves little. Love much and don’t keep score of sins. 

Do you have an opinion on every subject? This gives the appearance of someone who is thoughtful and well-informed. Your consumer culture is eager to please every taste, so only a modest amount of affluence is necessary to live a moderately self-indulgent life. This give the appearance of abundance, but this is not the abundant life I offer. For I promised this but also taught you to seek those things which are above. This is difficult if you are too attached to the things of this world. If you would walk with me then realize which of the choices you make here have eternal consequences and become indifferent to those which do not. 

Do you partake of every form of entertainment without much consideration of the content, thinking it is harmless because it’s just a story after all? This is an incorrect approach. Stories are not harmless. They have enormous power to influence, for good or for evil. Have you considered that most of my teaching was done with stories? Much of my audience considered them as only that. and missed the deeper meaning, but it was there for those who had ears to hear. Stories can also have evil intent and effect and you should be aware of this. Be careful what you expose yourself to and engage with, for you will be influenced by it whether fiction or non-fiction, for better or worse. 

Do you think of prayer as talking to me? What about me talking to you? You expect to engage in an exchange of conversation with your friends and it is considered rude and a violation of social protocol for one person to dominate a conversation. Yet how many people pray without expecting me to respond or leaving an opportunity of listening in silence for me to do so? How many people engage in prayer speaking to me but think that me speaking to them is a form of mental illness? You describe your faith as a relationship with me and you have my promise that my sheep hear my voice. I also promised that if you seek you will find. This implies that if you listen you will hear from me.