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THE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Friday, August 18, 2006

A few steps ahead
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The easiest way to solve a problem is to start working on it early. The longer you wait, the more costly and difficult it becomes to deal with the situation.

Procrastination always seems at the time to be the easy way out. And yet it never is.

With things that are out of your control, be patient. With things that are under your control, take action.

The sooner you take action, the more effectively that action will bring results. To make the most efficient use of your time, deal with the small problems before they become big ones, and deal with the big problems before they become overwhelming.

Having to play catch up can waste a great deal of your time and effort. So choose not to put yourself in that position.

Instead, get a few steps ahead of what must be done. And you’ll find you’re able to do much more.

Ralph Marston

“Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek.” Psalm 27:7-8 (NKJ)

Mark 14:10-16

“And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests, in order to betray Him (Jesus) to them. And they were glad when they heard this, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.”

“And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was being sacrificed, His disciples said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

“And He sent two of His disciples, and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him; and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is My guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?”‘

“And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; and prepare for us there.” And the disciples went out, and came to the city, and found it just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover.” Mark 14:10-16 (NAS)

John 8:37-47

“I (Jesus) know that you are Abraham’s offspring; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father.” They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.”

“Jesus said to them, “If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. You are doing the deeds of your father. They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.”

“Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me; for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word. You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.”

“But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.” John 8:37- 47 (NAS)

Today’s Suggested Bible Reading

Read the Bible in a Year:

New Testament — Romans 10:1 - 10:21.
Old Testament — Psalms 44-47.