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.
“I don't know where you are or what you’ve done, but I know this for sure: you can have a fresh start today. There’s an Enemy who would have you believe that you're stuck and there is no hope for change in your life. But Jesus' spilled blood cries out, “You can turn! I will come to you a second time, and a third, and a fourth, and for however long it takes." – Paul David Tripp
Boy oh boy, I have felt that way some days. How about you?
That by the time the sun sets and you have a second to catch your breath and you look back on all that you have said and done you realize that it wasn’t a “red letter day” by any stretch.
Anger won.
Lust won.
Frustration won.
Sin won.
Self won.
It is at the close of those days that I am grateful for pending sunrises and unending grace. For I can wake today to a FRESH start. I can wake today to GOD’s grace that is beyond anything that I could conjure or understand. I can wake today to the hope that is the CROSS; the hope that is CHRIST; and the grace to TRY AGAIN!
Yes TRY AGAIN. Why?
“God uses people who fail—'cause there aren't any other kind around.” ― John C. Maxwell
So if yesterday wasn't "red letter", let's embrace the FRESH START!
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” ― Marcus Aurelius
And get right back to the “work” GOD has called us to do.
Galatians 6:9 (AMP)
And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.
And when faced with those times of adversity or when that old “sinful self” wants to take charge or steer us from that course, remember the CROSS and remember there is hope even in our failures. Our job is to never fail to KEEP striving, KEEP trying, KEEP hoping and to KEEP living!
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.”
― Mother Teresa
Embrace your fresh start at LIVING today! Start it by thanking JESUS for the CROSS and the CHANCE!
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