Thoughts of the day
September 23rd, 2005 by RespiteMatch.comTHE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Friday, September 23, 2005
Decide and do
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Life can be unfair, confusing, discouraging, and filled with all sorts of unexpected factors. Yet even in the most difficult situations, achievements of every kind are most assuredly within your reach.
Decide what you intend to do, and get clear on the specifics of what that involves. Then get going, and don’t stop until you’re there.
Even when you’re discouraged, you can still put one foot in front of another. Even when distractions beg for your attention, you can choose to remain focused on the task at hand.
Even when setbacks come, there is a way to keep going. Even when you make a mistake, or a whole series of them, you can learn from what you’ve done and go forward from there.
Anything can provide you with a good excuse to give up. Yet nothing can stop you when you choose to keep going.
What do you truly want in your life right now? Decide what you intend to do, and know that you can make it happen.
Ralph Marston
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Luke 17:33-37
“Whoever seeks to keep his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life shall preserve it.”
“I tell you, on that night there will be two men in one bed; one will be taken, and the other will be left.”
“There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken, and the other will be left. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left.”
“And answering they said to Him (to Jesus), “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, “Where the body is, there also will the vultures be gathered.” Luke 17:33-37 (NAS) Forward to a friend
John 15:15-19
“No longer do I (Jesus) call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.”
“You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask of the Father in My name, He may give to you.”
“This I command you, that you love one another.”
“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.” John 15:15-19 (NAS)
Daily Bible Reading
Today’s reading (to read the entire Bible in a Year):
New Testament — 2 Corinthians 8:1 - 8:24.
Old Testament — Proverbs 22-23.
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Other Resources
If the Lord were to come today…do you know for certain that you would go to be with Him in heaven? See Lesson 1.
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