Notes from my 2009 Our Daily Journey (before I finally put it away):
January 3
• Make a beaten pathway. Come to Me. Make it your practice to approach Me over and over again.
• Regardless of your situation, circumstances, or state of health, God is ready to work powerfully in you and through you.
January 6
• Attack problems, not people.
“You have heard that it has been said, ‘you must love your neighbor and hate those who hate you.’ But I tell you, love those who hate you. (Respect and give thanks to those who say bad things to you. Do good to those who hate you.) Pray for those who do bad things to you and who make it hard for you”.
- Matthew 5:43-44
• The secret of abundance is found not in what we have, but in what we enjoy (or are thankful for).
February 5
• Don’t pick fights.
• You can have the right convictions and be right on the issue, but your heart and your attitude can be wrong. There’s nothing uglier than someone with a right position but an arrogant attitude.
April 20
• Interruptions
• Although it is wise to plan, we need to be ready to accept God’s unexpected interruptions in our lives.
“For I know the plans I have for you… plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope” – Jeremiah 29:11
• “You must remember that our God has all knowledge and all wisdom, and that, therefore, it is very possible He may guide you into paths wherein He knows great blessings are awaiting you, but which to the short-sighted human eyes around you seem sure to result in confusion and loss.” – Hannah Whitall Smith
April 29
• Get busy! You will know when you are using your gifts when you feel joy in your service, when others affirm your work, when your efforts bear fruit, and when you have energy for the task.
May 9
• Prayer to the soul is what exercise is to the body.
• The person who studies the Bible without praying will develop a good mind with a cold heart. The person who prays without knowing Scripture will consistently pray outside the will of God, for that is where His will is revealed.
May 13
• “Mourning may last for the night, but joy comes in the morning”. – Psalm 30:5
May 31
• Abundant Blessing
• Righteousness is shedding all of the things that make you miserable and embracing fully the path that God has laid out that leads to peace, joy, and fulfillment.
• If you are a loving, humble, giving person, filled with peace and joy, then you are one of the happiest people in the world indeed.
June 21
• What’s a stronghold? It’s something that consumes so much of our mental and emotional energy that abundant life is strangled – our callings remain unfulfilled and our lives are virtually ineffective.
• The goal of our warfare is to steal back our thought life and take it captive to Christ instead. (2 Cor 10:5)
July 9
• Commitment translates into faithfulness to Christ each moment of every day.
August 4
• Because we know God loves us, we are willing to accept His plan for us, even though that plan includes discipline and hard times.
November 30
• Life can be rushed… but you can slow it down. Remember – you set your own pace.
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