IT'S ABOUT TODAY

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

^1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

“Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere...

― Helen Keller

Recovery, the Christian walk, will have its “bad days”, it's failures.  You know those days where our thoughts wander into old dark alleys; those days where our deeds aren’t so honorable or representative of our “newness”.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

You know, days when “the old” decides to show back up.

Maybe the pressure of the day led to a heated argument.

Maybe fatigue set in and you let an old bad habit creep back in to entertain you in spite of the danger.

Maybe you said something, did something, indulged in something that doesn’t align with whom you are striving to be; who you were created to be.

Maybe it was just a bad day.

We have them.  God says we will.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

 On a good day, enjoy yourself; On a bad day, examine your conscience. God arranges for both kinds of days So that we won’t take anything for granted.

But what we can’t allow is for yesterday’s failures to set the tone for today’s opportunities. 

Far too often we allow a bad day or two to infiltrate our thinking and discourage us; we let bad days grow into bad weeks and bad weeks into bad months.

Instead we need to do what the WORD says to do. 

Have a bad day? “Examine your conscience”.

Things get out of alignment? Realign quickly.

Get it wrong? Learn from it. 

Get up, clear the deck, go to GOD, and get this day off to a fresh start; a better start.  Don’t allow yesterday to define today!

Psalm 19:12-13

Clean the slate, God, so we can start the day fresh! Keep me from stupid sins…Then I can start this day sun-washed, scrubbed clean of the grime of sin. These are the words in my mouth; these are what I chew on and pray.

“Don’t waste another day of your life grieving over something that you cannot do anything about. Let God give you a new beginning. Your mistakes are not enough to stop God if you don’t let them.”

― Joyce Meyer

 

Have a blessed weekend.

I love you all.

Freedom Church

 

Pastor GDelaney