Month: October 2016

Cheating is not an option with God. Honesty gains respect.

Read: Genesis 30:33

“Each of you must show great respect for your mother and father, and you must always observe my Sabbath days of rest. I am the Lord your God.

Do all you do with a pure heart. God knows all things.

Read: I Peter 2:17 

Show respect for all people [treat them honorably], love the brotherhood [of believers], fear God, honor the king.

Forgiving can take time…but continue until you do forgive all.

Read: Mark 11:25-26

Whenever you [a]stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him[drop the issue, let it go], so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions and wrongdoings [against Him and others]. 26 [b][“But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions.”]

Knowing the right thing to do and not doing it is a big mistake.

Read: James 1:22-25 

But prove yourselves doers of the word [actively and continually obeying God’s precepts], and not merely listeners [who hear the word but fail to internalize its meaning], deluding yourselves [by unsound reasoning contrary to the truth]. 23 For if anyone only listens to the word [a]without obeying it, he is like a man who looks very carefully at his natural face in a mirror; 24 for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he immediately forgets [b]what he looked like. 25 But he who looks carefully into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and faithfully abides by it, not having become a [careless] listener who forgets but [c]an active doer [who obeys], he will be blessed and favored by God in what he does [in his life of obedience].

When you are blessed don’t forget where the blessing comes from.

Read: Joshua 23:3

You have seen everything the Lord your God has done for you during my lifetime. The Lord your God has fought for you against your enemies.

Run your race to win. Your faithfulness to God helps you succeed.

Read: I Corinthians 9:24 

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.

There are times you have to retreat in order to advance. Learn to wait on the Lord.

Read: Isaiah 40:31 

But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.

   They will soar high on wings like eagles.

They will run and not grow weary.

   They will walk and not faint.

When you avoid gossipers you will prevent strife.

Read: Proverbs 26:20 

Fire goes out without wood,

   and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.

Everyone is different but everyone on your team, family and circle of friends can be motivated by encouragement.

Read: Isaiah 50:4 

The Lord God gave me the ability to teach

   so that I know what to say to make the weak strong.

Every morning he wakes me.

   He teaches me to listen like a student.

There is nothing too hard for us in the Lord. We are overcomers.

Read: Numbers 13:30 (click on link below and read today’s Scripture).

But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!”