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Got Purpose?
"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you."
Psalm 32:8
"What on earth does God intend for me to do with my life?" It's an easy question to ask but, for many of us, a difficult question to answer. Why? Because God's purposes aren't always clear to us. Sometimes we wander aimlessly in a wilderness of our own making. And sometimes, we struggle mightily against God in an unsuccessful attempt to find success and happiness through our own means, not His.
Sometimes, God's intentions will be clear to you; other times, God's plan will seem uncertain at best. But even on those difficult days (weeks, months and years) when you are unsure which way to turn, you must never lose sight of these overriding facts: God created you for a reason; He has important work for you to do; and He's waiting patiently for you to follow Him.
Your Move!
Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, You are the Creator of the universe, and I know that Your plan for my life is greater than I can imagine. Help me to sense Your purpose in my life and trust in the assurance of Your promises. I pray this in Jesus' Name. Amen
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God and Your Patience
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
Hebrews 10:36
Patience is not just the ability to wait; it is the ability to keep a good attitude while you are doing it. God knows the exact time for everything, and while your impatience can make you and everybody else around you miserable, it will not rush Him. Listen: "in due season we shall reap" (Galatians 6:9). "Due season" is God's season, not ours. We are in a hurry, He is not. He takes the time to do things right. We may not know what He is doing but He does, and that will have to be good enough for us. God's timing seems to be His own business. He is never late but He is not early either. He takes every opportunity to develop in us the fruit of patience. But other fruits are being developed in us as well. There are several things that must arrive at the finish line at the same time in order for us to win the race! Developed potential without character does not glorify God one bit. If we were to become a huge success yet be harsh with people that would not be pleasing to the Lord. Therefore, if we get ahead of ourselves in one area, He gently but firmly blocks our progress in that area until the others catch up. We do not appreciate any of this while it is happening, but later on we realize what an awful mess we would have made if things had been done on our timetable instead of God's.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me to be more patient in waiting on you to reveal what is next in my life! Help me trust your timing. In Jesus' Name, Amen
Are You Covetous? - Part 3
You shall not covet.
Exodus 20:17
Be careful what you beg God for; in time you may come to hate the thing you had to have! Listen: "The Lord will give you meat until it comes out of your nostrils" (Numbers 11:18-20). God was pretty ticked off with this bunch. Why? Because they thought something else could satisfy them in a way that He could not. So He gave them so much, they choked on it. David writes, "He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul" (Psalm 106:15). Try to understand this: with God, you can be satisfied with very little; without Him, all your accomplishments will leave you empty. What are you craving? Putting your life on hold for? Continually begging God for? Nothing is essential but God. Things were never designed to take His place! When we covet something and make it essential - then beg God to give it to us - we are asking Him to replace Himself with something we consider more important. When we do this, God may allow us to experience the consequences. And they are not pretty! Do not reach the end of your life only to look back with regret on a shattered marriage, prodigal children, a blighted conscience, and the pain of having missed God's will. Our problem is not that we do not want God; it is that we want God and the perfect spouse, an impressive career, the house by the lake, or whatever catches our fancy next. What will it take for us to come to that settled place where the central desire of our lives is "God, I just want You."
Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me with my struggle with the two natures. Help me to daily drown that Old Adam that is in me and put on the New Adam in Christ Jesus. In Your Precious Name, Amen
Are You Covetous? - Part 2
You shall not covet.
Exodus 20:17
Why do you keep caving in to sinful desires? 1) Because you have two natures. Like two cars approaching a junction at the same time, your old and new natures are constantly on a collision course. 2) When you dwell on a desire, yielding is only a matter of time. Ever go to your fridge when you are not hungry but are not really satisfied, looking for something to grab you? As bad as that is, it is worse when you do it in life. It is like surfing the web of behavior options, looking for something to make you happier than you are at this particular moment. When you covet something you make it more attractive and accessible than it really is. Eating too much? "I'll diet tomorrow." Smoking? "I know people who've smoked for 50 years and are still healthy." A one-night stand? "Nobody will ever know!" Covetousness maximizes the desire while it minimizes the danger. Understand this: it is impossible to dwell on a desire for any length of time without rationalizing a way to get it. Like starting the countdown on the Space Shuttle, it is just a matter of time until lift off. So, if you are dwelling on it, set the clock: yielding is inevitable. What is the answer? Change your focus! Listen: "Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit" (Romans 8:5).
Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me with my struggle with the two natures. Help me to daily drown that Old Adam that is in me and put on the New Adam in Christ Jesus. In Your Precious Name, Amen
Jesus said to [you], "O woman, great is you faith! Let it be to you as you desire." Matthew 15:28 (`'·.¸(`'·.¸*¤*¸.·'´)¸. ·'´) «´¨`·..¤ * Tami* ¤..·´¨`» ( ¸.·'´(¸.·'´*¤*`'· .¸)`'·.¸) http://tamihanks.blogspot.com/ --- On Tue, 1/11/11, RBC Ministries <donotreply@rbc.org> wrote:
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