How are you able to do it?

Do you think you need to do it all in your own strength? Are you strong enough or tough enough to do it all on your own? We weren’t made to do it alone. God provided with a helper. If we walk in the power of the Spirit then we can walk in the path of the miraculous and do things that are bigger than anything we could do in our own strength or ability. So put your trust in God and walk in alignment with His will and His purpose for your life. It isn’t because of me that I can do what I do, but by making God’s priorities my priorities and prioritizing my life properly, He is able to take the little that we have and multiply it to meet our needs and accomplish His plan and purpose for our lives. It isn’t by our strength or by our might, but by God’s grace, mercy, and power. We read seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. By putting Him first, God’s Word finishes with the promise that all these things will be added to you. So make God’s priorities your priorities and see what you are able to do and accomplish in His strength. Let’s go beyond trusting in our skills and talents to trusting only God. Ask God to show you how to use the skills and talents He has given you to accomplish His will for His glory. We have the promise in His Word that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. Impossible isn’t a word, it is just an excuse not to try. So don’t give up. Don’t think you have to do it all in your own strength. Don’t stop because the enemy is trying to paralyze you with fear. Turn to God! Ask Him for wisdom for He gives it without finding fault. So as we come to the close of the work week let’s stop and take a gut check of where we are at and turn to God for wisdom in what we need to be doing and then allow Him to use the little we have to accomplish the miraculous in and through our lives. We have 2 ears and 1 mouth, so let’s listen more than we speak.

 

References:

• Today God Is First: Working Versus Striving by Os Hillman
• 365 Fear Nots: Verse of the Day: Ecclesiastes 08:12-13
• Discipleship Journal’s Book-at-a-Time Reading Plan

My Prayer:

Heavenly Father,
I thank You Lord for this new day and for all that will be in it. I praise You Lord for the incredible work that You are doing in and through my life. Grant me wisdom today with the right words of encouragement and life and hope so that in and through my conversations and efforts Your glory and Your grace will be known and revealed to those around me. Lord, thank You for my family and friends Lord. May today be a day filled with Your glory and may every thought, word, and action bring You praise, honor, and glory in Jesus’ name. Amen.

What’s it going to take?

Imagine trying to work so hard to get what you think it will take. Imagine getting to the point where your body finally says enough. What will it take for you to stop trying to do it all in your own strength, but rather put your trust in God and put Him at the top of your priority list? I remember that day when my diabetes went out of whack because of the life I was living. I was making my work day be from 5am to 1am so that I would have my finger on the pulse of everything — striving in my own power to get it done. I realized during this time that I needed to reprioritize how I was spending my time and how I was living my life. I wrote out my priority list. I called on God for wisdom to help me to be doing all that He desired rather than me trying to do it all myself. I remember the blessings that came from this effort. The blessings at home, at work, and everywhere in between were incredible because God was in it, I was pursuing Him, I was depending on Him rather than trying to do it all my way. I remember writing out top priority – God. Next – my wife and our marriage. Next – my kids and my family. …

Where are you at today? Are you trusting God? Is He the only way? Or are you striving to get it all done in your own power. Are you trying to control and manipulate the situations of your life? What is it going to take for you to open your eyes to the truth and put your focus on God and His will? Have you started a process to get you to reset? Are you going through “a time of immobilizing, loss of a job, loss of income, loss of health, loss of a close relationship“. Don’t lose hope or give up! God has plans for you that are good. His plans aren’t to hurt you but to help you. His plans are good so that you can have a hope and a future. You have choice to trusting God or needing to get to the end of your rope and then turn to Him. We all have freewill and it took something of significance to help me reset. Getting my focus on God and turning to Him for wisdom is key. He will grant you wisdom without finding fault. He will never leave you nor abandon you. So put your hope and your trust in Him.

References:

• Today God Is First: Wrestling With God by Os Hillman
• 365 Fear Nots: Verse Of The Day: Ecclesiastes 07:16-18
• Discipleship Journal’s Book-at-a-Time Reading Plan

 

Prayer:

Heavenly Father,
I thank You Lord for this new day and for all that will be in it. I praise You Lord for the incredible trip and meetings. I praise You Lord for all the people I have been able to meet and the lessons I am already learning. Grant me wisdom and strength and courage Lord to pursue and accomplish Your will for me today and always. With this day that I am about to start, guide my thoughts, my words, and steps so that in everything I do Lord, You will receive the praise, the honor, and the glory I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Benefits of having someone you can trust and believe in.

In whom do you or can you trust?

15But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.” — Joshua 24:15

I trust in God, so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me? — Psalm 56:11

5Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. — Proverbs 3:5

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Fearful to Fearless… 365 Fear Nots… Verse of the Day

God gives some people the ability to enjoy the wealth and property he gives them, as well as the ability to accept their state in life and enjoy their work. They do not worry about how short life is, because God keeps them busy with what they love to do. — Ecclesiastes 5:19-20 (NCV)

Biblical Truth:

Be glad and generous with what God has given. Take pleasure in the work you have been called to. Having a cheerful heart and attitude is a great blessing and eases our burdens.

Are you ready? Are you prepared?

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Are you facing a challenge that seems bigger than you? Turn to God as nothing is too big for God. Even when others may be trying to hold you back from all that could be or should be, God is working out His plan which is to give us a hope and a future, not to harm us. When it’s time to move on, God will make a way. When it’s time to step out, God will provide. When God gives you a bigger calling, He has the resources necessary to get you there. Not sure what to do? Turn to God and ask for wisdom. He will direct your path and make it straight. His strategies and His plans are better than our plans. When God has us under the authority of leaders, we need to humble ourselves and serve them that we show Christ’s love to them in our work.

So needing direction and wisdom? Turn to God and allow His plan to take root in your heart. All His purpose to direct Your path. His strategies are better than ours, so make sure you know where the strategy is coming from that you are thinking of executing.

References:

• Today God Is First: God’s Preparation for Moving Out by Os Hillman
• 365 Fear Nots: Verse of the Day: Ecclesiastes 05:19-20

My Prayer:

Heavenly Father,
I thank You Lord for this new day and for all that will be in it. I praise You Lord for my family and for the opportunities that You are allowing us to be a part of. Help me today Lord to focus and accomplish the work You have for me so that what I deliver will bring You all the praise, the honor, and the glory. Help my every thought, my every word, and my every action be done in a way that will glorify You I pray in Jesus’ name I ask. Amen.