SUCCESS PLANNED!

11-9-2011. . . .SUCCESS PLANNED!

"Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety." (Prov 11:14KJV) Good advise and wise counsel are essential prerequisites for any successful endeavor.  Why travel an unsuccessful road others have already explored?   Failure avoided is success planned!  

PRAYER: Lord, thank you for providing us with good people who instruct us in the ways of success!  Help us to be humble enough to ask and receive from them!  Amen.

Josh 1:6-7. . . .

 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. NIV

CAREFUL!

11-8-2011. . . .CAREFUL!

"Don't be conceited, sure of your own wisdom. Instead, trust and reverence the Lord, and turn your back on evil; when you do that, then you will be given renewed health and vitality."  (Prov 3:7 TLB)  Confidence in one's self is good, but conceit is vanity!  Careful!!!!  We may not be 'All That' after all.  Make sure we're not missing our bag of chips! :-)

PRAYER: Lord, thank you for making us fearfully and wonderfully!  Help us not to let that go to our heads and think more highly of ourselves than we should.  Amen!

Rom 12:3. . . .For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.  KJV

PERSPECTIVE ADJUSTMENT!

11-7-2011. . . .PERSPECTIVE ADJUSTMENT!

"Don't refuse to accept criticism; get all the help you can."  (Prov 23:12 TLB)  No one is always right especially when it comes to our perspective of our self!  How we see our self and how others view us could be totally different.   Consider constructive criticism from others as a 'perspective adjustment'  that helps us be and become our best self!

PRAYER: Lord, thank you for placing people in my life that will tell me the truth about me.  Help me to receive that truth and make the necessary adjustments in order that I may be and become my best self!

Prov 26:12. . . .There is one thing worse than a fool, and that is a man who is conceited. TLB

REWARDED ACCORDINGLY!

11-4-2011. . . .REWARDED ACCORDINGLY!

"God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them." (Heb 6:10-11 NIV)  Make the most of every opportunity to serve without concern for recognition or affirmations from men. (They may or may not come!)  God on the other hand, will not forget what we do or have done!  We will be rewarded accordingly.

PRAYER: Lord, thank you for never forgetting us and affirming us as your own.  May our souls be satisfied with this recognition.  Amen!

Heb 6:12. . . .We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. NIV

A WITNESS FOR OR AGAINST!

11-3-2011. . . .A WITNESS FOR OR AGAINST!

"One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys. (Prov 18:9 NIV)  It has been said, "A job worth doing, is worth doing well!"  That which has been assigned to our hands to complete, will either be a witness for us or against us!  When called upon to witness, what kind of reference will our work give us?  

PRAYER: Lord, that you for every opportunity to work and complete those things that are assigned to our hands.  May our work be always a good witness for us.  Amen!

Col 3:22-25. . . . Work hard and cheerfully at all you do, just as though you were working for the Lord and not merely for your masters, remembering that it is the Lord Christ who is going to pay you, giving you your full portion of all he owns. He is the one you are really working for.  And if you don't do your best for him, he will pay you in a way that you won't like-for he has no special favorites who can get away with shirking. TLB

CEASE EVERY OPPORTUNITY!

11-2-2011. . . .CEASE EVERY OPPORTUNITY!

"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.  As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. (Gal 6:9-10 KJV) An opportunity denied is beyond our control, but an opportunity missed is completely our responsibility!  We must never become complacent and weary in our working to the degree that we end up squandering our opportunities!  Make the most of every moment!  Cease every opportunity!

PRAYER:  Lord thank you for every opportunity to do good!  May our works speak for us!  Amen.

James 2:18. . . .But someone may well argue, "You say the way to God is by faith alone, plus nothing; well, I say that good works are important too, for without good works you can't prove whether you have faith or not; but anyone can see that I have faith by the way I act." TLB

CREAT YOUR OWN HARVEST!

11-1-2011. . . .CREATE YOUR OWN HARVEST!

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;" (Eccl 3:1-2 KJV)  Nothing will be harvested that has not first been purposefully planted.  This is the season for carefully planned planting!  Create your own harvest!

PRAYER: Lord, thank you for every season and opportunity to create our own harvest.  Guide us as we carefully plan our planting!  Amen.

Isa 32:19-20. . . . And God will greatly bless his people. Wherever they plant, bountiful crops will spring up, and their flocks and herds will graze in green pastures.  TLB