Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance

Day 28 “In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides]. Put on God’s whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up...

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Be Patient and Go Slow

Day 27 “But let patience perfect its work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” – James 1:4 Growing up we don’t understand the education it will take, or the grinding and working hard part that allows adults to become lawyers, doctors, professional athletes, or teachers.

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Self-Confident Folly

Day 26 “I will listen [with expectancy] to what God the Lord will say, for He will speak peace to His people, to His saints (those who are in right standing with Him)—but let them not turn again to  [self-confident] folly.” – Psalms 85:8 Self-confident folly is merely going about...

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Running on Empty

Day 25 “For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” – Matthew 23:12 Additional reading: Philippians 2:5-8,9-11 Humility is a word that is used so frequently within our culture that we may lose grasp of its full meaning.

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Vessel

Day 24 “Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us.” – Ephesians 3:20 Do you ever feel...

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Battle Buddies

Day 23 “As iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens [and influences] another [through discussion].” – Proverbs 27:17 Additional reading: 1 Corinthians 15:33 During my first day of basic training in the Army, I was assigned a “Battle Buddy.”  A “Battle Buddy,” as it was explained to me, was someone...

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Compassion for the Wicked

Day 22 “This is the fate of those who are foolishly confident…like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the place of the dead); death shall be their shepherd.” “…though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish,they are doomed to be destroyed forever.” – Psalms 49:13-14 & Psalms...

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Desire to Achieve

Day 21 “Take delight in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” – Psalms 37:4 “So we aren’t yet millionaires, but let’s pretend that we are.” In the 1900’s a married couple set out to become millionaires, and like a lot of people during those...

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Don’t be too Busy for God

Day 20 “I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.” – Psalms 119:16 Do you send God busy signals? Sometimes we don’t hear the things God wants us to hear because we’re too busy with other things.

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Seek After Peace

Day 19 “Continually pursue peace with everyone, and the sanctification without which no one will [ever] see the Lord.” – Hebrews 12:14 The Greek word used here for pursue is “dioko,” which means to follow, pursue, to hunt.

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