Today's Scripture Passage: Psalm 51:12-13
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you.
Today's Scripture Message:
No one said it would be easy, that rose garden expected, not promised. Put all that you are experiencing to prayer and persevere. Many times we turn back not knowing the finish line is a footstep away, opting for the seemingly “easier” route. Nothing that is worth anything is easy, it is in these times we stand strong on faith and keep moving towards that end point, provisional of a witness that cannot be ignored.
Prayer for the day:
Father, as I feel the weight of my circumstances seemingly wearing me down and turning me around, direct me to focus only on you that my steps are faithfully forward as guided by you, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Thought for the day:
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, 'press on' has solved, and always will solve, the problems of the human race."
~Calvin Coolidge
Goal for the Day:
If it’s hard, plant your feet a little deeper and refuse to be toppled over.
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Pastor Dickow’s Fast from Wrong Thinking
Revolution Day 6:
Today, we're fasting from the thought that says, "I can’t succeed in this economy."
Let’s change it today:
1. You have the power to succeed in any economy. Believe it. Deuteronomy 8:18 says, "...God has given you the power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant." Notice what God gives you: the power to get it. This promise is for YOU. Meditate on it.
2. Tap into the ROOT to success—meditating on the Word of God. Psalm 1:1-3 says, "...As long as you flood your mind with the Word of God, God will fill your life with success." Your success is connected to the Word of God, not the economy.
3. Expect open doors. That’s the favor of God. He opens doors for YOU that no one can close (Revelation 3:8). He wants to overtake you with increase and favor. (Psalm 115:14) Favor surrounds YOU like a shield. (Psalm 5:12) Fill your mind with FAVOR-EXPECTATION.
4. You have a covenant with God. This is what makes you different. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob all succeeded in times of FAMINE and economic trouble. (Genesis 24, 26 & 28) You have been promised the same blessing as them! (Galatians 3:29) Expect it!
5. Refuse to let the economy or anything else determine your limitations and possibilities. ASK SUCCESS. THINK SUCCESS. EXPECT SUCCESS. It will always come. (Ephesians 3:20)
THINK IT & SAY IT:
I have the power to succeed even in the worst economy. God will establish His covenant in this earth through me. I choose to fill my mind with the GOOD news rather than the current news. The Word is my meditation, day and night. I expect open doors. They are coming to me every day, somehow, someway. I have a covenant with God. I think big success; ask big success; and I expect BIG success, in Jesus’ Name!
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Daily Lenten Reflection from
St. Michael of Old Town
Monday of the First Week of Lent
March 14, 2011
“Let the words of my mouth meet with your favor, keep the thoughts of my heart before you, Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” Ps 19:15
Not until my daughter was born just over a year ago did I understand what it meant to truly give of myself. Before her arrival I was certain I was prepared, and I was, in all of the physical and material ways that one could be. The pregnancy was planned, and hoped for by both myself and my husband. We had a room in our home that we made up just for her; we decided together that I would stay home with her, a choice I felt fortunate to be able to make. I had no qualms about putting my professional life on hold; I wanted to be a mother; I knew my life would change. Of all the advice I received while I was pregnant, the most prominent seemed to be of this theme of change. Countless people told me my life would change, change completely.
When she arrived, I realized almost immediately that all of the ways I had prepared were only a support for the thing I could not have prepared for until it occurred; the all-encompassing reality of how my life had actually changed. I could not believe that in all of the readiness that I had done, I felt so unready. But it wasn't that I was not ready to be a mother; it was that I was not prepared for the sacrifice of myself that was required. Until she was born I did not understand what it meant to truly give of myself. I have struggled deeply with the joy of being a mother, the love I feel for her, the pure fascination of watching her grow and learn each basic thing; and the feeling that I was becoming buried under the tasks of the everyday. My heart has not always been very gracious, and I have felt terribly guilty.
This Gospel reading reminded me poignantly that we are all called to do work in the service of the Lord, which may take different forms at different times in our lives. It is hard for me to feel that trying to keep pace with piles of laundry is God’s work, but I am deeply humbled to realize, again, that raising a child is an honorable and selfless service that I have been called to perform.
Joanna Dowling
Dear Lord, please guide my thoughts, my actions and my heart that I may love you and be of service to your people. Amen.
Happy 72nd Day of the New Year
Daily Affirmation: “Something GREAT Is Going to Happen To and Through Me Today!!!
LIVE ON PURPOSE!!! LET’S GO!!!
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