Daily and Weekly Christian Inspiration
If the fountain of life within the believer ceases to flow the problem is not due to the inlet; it is the outlet which has become obstructed.©MJB
John 7:37-38 If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Going that extra mile on the elliptical at my cardiac rehab today challenged me to keep a promise to myself and gave me confidence in my own integrity. It challenged me to go beyond my comfort zone. My personal trainer had asked 20 minutes of me but I had promised myself during the week to go the extra mile by 10 minutes every day until today when I did 40 minutes.
It has aided me in the mastery of the destructive habit of procrastination. It has developed definiteness of purpose, insuring me against the common habit of aimlessness. It wasn’t just to strengthen my muscles but it gave me more self-reliance, greater initiative, more enthusiasm, more vision and definiteness of purpose.It is leading to mental growth as well as to physical skill.
What a thought that came originally from the greatest personal Trainer of all in Matthew 5:41
“And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.”
As I spend time each day journaling my time with God, I am inspired by the following prayer that is framed on my office wall, as a motivation each morning as I prepare to walk with the King and be a blessing by His grace and power throughout the day.
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.”
? St. Francis of Assisi
When you are wounded or offended in the flesh, allow it to be an opportunity to die to the flesh that you might grow in the spirit.You cannot have a VICTORY in the spirit unless there is a DEFEAT in the flesh. © MJB
Galatians 5:16 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other.
Read more on page 31 DEVELOPING A SECRET HISTORY WITH GOD
Your choices are the seeds you are sowing today
Those choices will determine the harvest and the crop tomorrow
Choose wisely today!