February 8: Cooperate Not Compete

Affirmation: I am loved and cherished.

“Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭54:10‬ ‭NIV‬‬
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Ponder and Personalize: Think about where God has shown up in your life. What is causing you fear? What brings dismay? How do you sense God’s strength and help? Picture God holding you.
”So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.“‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭41‬:‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬https://bible.com/bible/111/isa.41.10.NIV

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Praying the Message of Jesus: A Year of Thoughts and Prayers
by Eugene Peterson

                     Feb 8

Cooperate Not Compete

"You're blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That's when you discover who you really are, and your place in God's family." 

MATTHEW 5:9

Life in God's kingdom is not a competitive survival of the fittest. The prize does not go to the strongest and the swiftest. Jesus teaches us how to make peace with our neighbors, evoking the best in them, not destroy them as dangerous rivals. 

 

Are you better at competition or cooperation?

 

Show me how to use my life, Jesus, in ways that will make others better, not get the better of them. I will no longer look at others as competitors for your favor, but as companions in your life of peacemaking. Amen. 

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