October 28: God Doesn't Enjoy Seeing Us Fail. He Loves Watching Us Grow
Affirmation: I am Imperfect and I am Enough.
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Ponder, Personalize, Practice: This week the verse is Romans 12:12. Memorize the three phrases. Today ponder the phrase “Be joyful in hope.” How does this phrase change your perspective? Talk to God about the various situations in your life and ask Him to give you hope and joy.
Romas 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
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Wholehearted Guidepost from Brené Brown
Guidepost 4: Cultivating a Resilient Spirit, Let Go of Numbing and Perfectionism
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Mastering the 7 Decisions from Andy Andrews
The Joyful Decision
5. TODAY I WILL CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY.
Happiness is a choice. I am enthusiastic about each day. I am alert to its possibilities.
I will become the master of my emotions.
I will greet each day with laughter. I know that enthusiasm is the fuel that moves the world.
The world belongs to the enthusiastic, for people will follow them anywhere! My smile has become my calling card. It is, after all, the most important weapon I possess. I am the possessor of a grateful spirit.
Joyful Decision
Today, I choose to be happy.
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12
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Reading for Today
Walk in Grace. Live in Love by Bob Goff
God Doesn't Enjoy Seeing Us Fail. He Loves Watching Us Grow.
He cuts off every branch in me, that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. John 15:2.
Jesus taught so many lessons with nature as a metaphor, I figured I should learn more about wheat and seeds and trees and stuff. So when I come across farmers or lumberjacks, I do a little informal research to learn what it’s all about. In one of these conversations, a lumberjack actually helped me understand the reason behind some of the pain and failure we all go through at some point in life.
He said, for trees to be healthy, they had to be pruned on a regular basis. He climbs up the trees, sometimes with a chainsaw, and cuts off all the diseased branches. He also cuts out the dead branches and limbs growing in the wrong direction so the other branches can grow in healthy directions.
When I heard him describe it, it made a lot of sense to me. Jesus talked about trees and branches. He said even healthy trees – the ones that bear fruit – need to be pruned sometimes so they’ll bear even more fruit. It makes sense when I think about all that had to be cut out from my life. Sometimes I’m not the one pruning either. I think God will take things away to guide me in a different direction. When He does, I’ve figured out later it was to help me be more of the person He has in mind for me to be.
God doesn’t enjoy seeing us go through pain of loss and failure, but he loves watching us grow. Sometimes we do the cutting, and sometimes He does. The end objective is for us to grow into the people God sees us turning into.
Who is God turning you into?(Romas 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.)
Jesus taught so many lessons with nature as a metaphor, I figured I should learn more about wheat and seeds and trees and stuff. So when I come across farmers or lumberjacks, I do a little informal research to learn what it’s all about. In one of these conversations, a lumberjack actually helped me understand the reason behind some of the pain and failure we all go through at some point in life.
He said, for trees to be healthy, they had to be pruned on a regular basis. He climbs up the trees, sometimes with a chainsaw, and cuts off all the diseased branches. He also cuts out the dead branches and limbs growing in the wrong direction so the other branches can grow in healthy directions.
When I heard him describe it, it made a lot of sense to me. Jesus talked about trees and branches. He said even healthy trees – the ones that bear fruit – need to be pruned sometimes so they’ll bear even more fruit. It makes sense when I think about all that had to be cut out from my life. Sometimes I’m not the one pruning either. I think God will take things away to guide me in a different direction. When He does, I’ve figured out later it was to help me be more of the person He has in mind for me to be.
God doesn’t enjoy seeing us go through pain of loss and failure, but he loves watching us grow. Sometimes we do the cutting, and sometimes He does. The end objective is for us to grow into the people God sees us turning into.
Who is God turning you into?(Romas 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.)
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