Sept 4 If You Don’t Like Where You’re Headed…
Affirmation: I love the person I am becoming. I am willing to grow and change.
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Ponder, Personalize, Practice: Continue to memorize Psalm 94:19 and personalize this affirmation. Give God each of your anxieties. Then enjoy His consolation.
“When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.”
Psalm 94:19 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/psa.94.19.NIV_______
Wholehearted Guidepost from Brené Brown
Cultivate Intuition and Trusting Faith. Let Go of the Need for Certainty
What is Faith? It is not certainty but belief in what we cannot see. It is based on the evidence of God at work in our world.
Lauren Daigle: Trust in You
Brené Brown’s Intention:
I will hear myself above the noise. I will hear myself above the opinions of others. I will hear me. I will listen and I will hear me.
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy. Ps 94:19
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Mastering the 7 Decisions from Andy Andrews
7 The Persistent Decision
I WILL PERSIST WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
I possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind. I hold fast to my dreams. I stay the course. I do not quit.
I acknowledge that most people quit when exhaustion sets in, but I am not “most people.”
I am stronger than most people. Average people compare themselves with other people, and that is why they remain average.
I compare myself to my potential. I am not average. I see exhaustion as a precursor to victory. By persisting without exception, my outcome—my success—is assured.
It is my wish that you have gained something positive and productive from reading about these seven decisions.
I strongly believe that there is nothing you can’t do if you have the proper mindset and conviction.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ, who gives me strength.
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Reading for Today
Walk in Grace. Live in Love by Bob Goff
SEPTEMBER 4
IF YOU DON’T LIKE WHO YOU’VE BECOME, HEAD IN A NEW DIRECTION AND GIVE YOURSELF SOME TIME AND GRACE.
Now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:12
John Newton became a Christian when a storm struck his ship as it was returning from a trip to Africa. He decided to follow Jesus in 1748, and he stepped off his ship in England a new man. You might have heard of John Newton because he wrote the hymn “Amazing Grace.”
You would think the guy who wrote this amazing song was as perfect as freshly fallen snow. But Newton was also part of a time in human history when people owned and traded slaves. Even as a Christian, he continued his work as a captain on a slave ship for years and invested financially in slave operations even longer.
Decades after he started following Jesus, Newton woke up to the horror of the slave trade and began working to end it in England. He said his time in the business would always be a humiliation to him, and he joined leaders in the abolitionist movement in his country.
Testimonies like John Newton’s always resonate with me because I know my whole life didn’t turn around the moment I decided to follow Jesus. It’s been a lifelong process of waking up to new things I need to hand over to God so I can grow. What we do right doesn’t get us in, and what we do wrong doesn’t rule us out.
What I love about John Newton’s story and the experience of so many people of faith is this: we are always given the opportunity to become someone new. When you wake up and realize you don’t like who you’ve become, just move in a new direction. Is it going to be easy? Of course not. Do it anyway, and give yourself a little time and grace to get there.
What parts of you have changed already? Which parts are still being changed?
“When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.”
Psalm 94:19 NIV
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