Max Lucado tells us, "Face challenges in stages."
"An accomplished Ironman triathlete told me the secret of his success.
He said, 'You last the long race by running short ones.”' Don’t swim 2.4 miles; just swim to the next buoy.
Rather than bike 112 miles, ride 10, take a break, and bike 10 more. Never tackle more than the challenge ahead.
Didn’t Jesus offer the same counsel? He said in Matthew 6:34, “So don’t ever worry about tomorrow. After all, tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
When asked how he managed to write so many books, the author explained that he’d never written a book. All he did was write one page a day.
Face challenges in stages. You can’t control your temper forever, but you can control it for the next hour.
Remember, you last the long race by running the short ones!"
From Great Day Every Day
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" Have you ever been in so much despair that you felt as if you were sinking in deep water? The difficulties of life can be oppressive. God doesn't promise that we will escape the turbulent seas of life, but He does promise, "I will never leave you nor forsake you" (Heb. 13:5)
We can trust out faithful God to be there in all of our struggles. "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you" Isa. 43:2.—Cindy Hess Kasper
God, give me the faith of a little child!
A faith that will look to Thee —
That never will falter and never fail,
But follow Thee trustingly. —Showerman
Before your burden overcomes you,
trust God to put His arms underneath you."
OUR DAILY BREAD
3/29/12
"To
laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the
affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure
the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in
others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a
healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition' to have played
and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has
breathed easier because you have lived...this is to have succeeded". —Attributed
to Ralph Waldo Emerson
This evening's post: A Crisis of Faith in the Night by Barbara Meader
Tomorrow’s post: God is With Me Cecelia Lester
Today’s treasure truth
#22: If you are “born again”, you are an heir of eternal life. 1 John 5:11, 12
Our thought for today: Let God be God! Don't try to tell Him what to do!
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Samples of Jean's crafts
So You Plan to Marry a Man A devotional book for women contemplating marriage and looking for godly advice.
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