Happy "Hump Day". If you have accepted the challenge congratulations you are half-way through. I hope you enjoyed some sunshine yesterday. I had no idea it was going to get so cold. Thank God yesterday's assignment is not todays assignment. See, that's the way God is. He doesn't ask us to do things we are incapable of doing. He doesn't ask us to do hurtful or harmful things. He did the hardest thing imaginable so that we could have a better life, life eternal. But, He does expect us to do something. That something is to obey whatever He has asked us to do, knowing He will be there to help us through.
Remembering why we started this challenge in the first place? Many break their New Year's Resolution by now. Many stop the diet they began. That workout piece of equipment is now a place to hang clothes, and the membership fee to the gym is costing way more than it benefits. My point today is this, "Do Over". God tells us in His word to start again, go back, do your first works over again. What the Lord is telling us is that He is a God of second chances. When we mess up He doesn't just throw us down, but picks us back up and puts us on the Potters Wheel for another "go round". He destroyed all but a few in the story of Noahs Arc, but then put a rainbow in the sky making us a promise to never destroy the earth again in that manner. God loves us. We are His children. He works with us. Give Him and yourself a"Do Over." Just tell Him, "God I am willing to start new, help me." He hears our prayers.
Remembering why we started this challenge in the first place? Many break their New Year's Resolution by now. Many stop the diet they began. That workout piece of equipment is now a place to hang clothes, and the membership fee to the gym is costing way more than it benefits. My point today is this, "Do Over". God tells us in His word to start again, go back, do your first works over again. What the Lord is telling us is that He is a God of second chances. When we mess up He doesn't just throw us down, but picks us back up and puts us on the Potters Wheel for another "go round". He destroyed all but a few in the story of Noahs Arc, but then put a rainbow in the sky making us a promise to never destroy the earth again in that manner. God loves us. We are His children. He works with us. Give Him and yourself a"Do Over." Just tell Him, "God I am willing to start new, help me." He hears our prayers.
ACTION STEP: Make a list of things that you have done that have been real mistakes. Now, on another sheet of paper write what you can "Do Over." Then throw away, tear in shreds that list of mistakes. Today, begin to do one thing from the "Do Over" list. It may be writing an apology to someone saying you were wrong. It may be calling someone on the phone and asking if you could meet them, and when you do--tell them "I'm sorry. I wanted to tell you in person and ask for your forgiveness." God will help you do whatever is needed, He is the God of second chances.
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