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Content in Your
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TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
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“...let us run with
endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and
finisher of our faith...”
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(Hebrews 12:1–2,
NKJV)
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TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
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It’s easy to be tempted to go
through life competing with everyone around us when we see someone who’s more
talented, better looking or has more gifts. Instead of running our race and
being comfortable with who we are, oftentimes, we feel inferior and think,
“I’ve got to catch up to them.” The problem with this unhealthy competition
is that it’s a never-ending cycle.
There will always be someone
ahead of us. But, it’s a very freeing thing when you realize, “I’m not
competing with you. I don’t have to have as big a house as my neighbor to
feel good about myself. I don’t have to keep up with my co-worker. I don’t
have to be a certain size. I don’t have to have as many Christmas lights
outside. No, I understand that I’m not in competition with my friend, my neighbor
or my co-worker. Instead, I’m going to be the best me that I can possibly
be.”
Contentment is an attitude
God can work with. When you focus on being who God made you to be and focus
on running your own race, that’s when you’ll see things happen. That’s when
you’ll rise up higher and position yourself for every spiritual blessing He
has in store for you!
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A PRAYER FOR TODAY
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Father, I humbly
come to You giving You all that I am. I choose to keep my eyes on You and
allow You to work in my heart and mind. I declare that I am free from
competition today in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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— Joel &
Victoria Osteen
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Today's word
Trusting God – Do you have faith –? What is faith – faith gives substance to the things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. So how is ones faith tested –? When the going gets tough do we abandon our God – do we jump ship because we are “going through” The answer is NO , as Christians we must keep the faith – even when it does not look good or feel good – you have to know its working for the good – you must learn the lesson – the season of testing – your harvest season is over – it’s time for reaping your reward – you stood the good fight - they lied on you, they cheated on you, they ignored you, your finances fell so below it’s a wonder you are still standing- and yet through it all you kept harvesting and trusting – storing up on his word and planting good seeds. The bible says : Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 - For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to pl...
