Thoughts of the day
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THE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Friday, October 21, 2005
Life direction
Activity with no clear direction is little more than a waste of time and energy. Yet when you give direction to your efforts, they result in true achievement.
No matter how fast and furious you’re going, if you don’t have a consistent direction then you won’t end up getting anywhere meaningful. Yet even the smallest, slowest steps, when they have a well-defined direction, can take you to the most ambitious and valuable goal.
Once you’re clear about your direction, your thoughts and actions will begin to take you there. For your life is a swift arrow in need of a target.
Know what that target is, and that is where the arrow of your life will fly. People, places, conditions and events will work together to move you in whatever direction you have sincerely and intentionally chosen.
Your wisdom and experience, your knowledge and skills, your passions and resources all are made accessible and effective when they are well focused. Provide your life with direction, and your life will provide you with accomplishment.
Thoughtfully and lovingly choose your direction, then commit yourself to it. And each moment, each action will move you toward it.
Ralph Marston
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Luke 22:28-34
“And you are those who have stood by Me (Jesus) in My trials; and just as My Father has granted Me a kingdom, I grant you that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”
“And he said to Him, “Lord, with You I am ready to go both to prison and to death!”
“And He (Jesus) said, “I say to you, Peter, the cock will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.” Luke 22:28-34 (NAS) Forward to a friend
John 21:18-25
“Truly, truly, I (Jesus) say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself, and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go.” Now this He said, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, “Follow me!”"
“Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; the one who also had leaned back on His breast at the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?” Peter therefore seeing him said to Jesus, “Lord, and what about this man?” Jesus said to him, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!”
“This saying therefore went out among the brethren that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?” This is the disciple who bears witness of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his witness is true.”
“And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books which were written.” John 21:18-25 (NAS)
Daily Bible Reading
Today’s reading (to read the entire Bible in a Year):
New Testament — 1 Thessalonians 3:1 - 3:13.
Old Testament — Isaiah 58-62.
