One Minute With God: Take A Stand

In moments like these when your soul has been continuously bombarded with uneasiness, and the enemy has desired to hand you “hell in a handbasket”. You and I may be legitimately aroused to take a stand and not a knee for what is morally correct.

Sitting on the sidelines isn’t always the best posture you and I can take when a thief is attempting to ravish all you have left, destroy your family, and even at times jeopardize your own health. Sometimes the only wall between good or evil, morality or immorality, a criminal or a civilian is to be a Good Samaritan.

Permitting yourself to entertain a casual spirit may bring you a sense of leisure, but at times may leave you left as a casualty. So let us practice what God teaches us in His Word; “submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the enemy, and he will flee from you.”

Take a stand today, and be a wall of protection for you, your family, and your extended community.

Take a Stand.

Ephesians 6:13-15

13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.

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One Minute with God: Day by Day

Have you been keeping your calendar full? Tackling project after project, conference after conference, and problem after problem. Do you feel at times like you are anxiously racing to reach forward when what you were actually looking for is right next to you? Isn’t it frustrating- like chancing the wind?

Well, each day brings about its own challenges. And, if you do not have the ability to possess tunnel vision you may just become tempted by your peripheral ambitions. Don’t be like the donkey who lunges forward to take a bite out of the “carrot on a stick”, and who never seems to reach it. It is time to put an end to those things which are robbing your attention, blocking your vision, and disturbing your peace.

Take it day by day, step by step, little by little, and goal by goal. Each days has it’s own worries.

Day by day.

Matthew 6:33-34

33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

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One Minute with God: Blessed Hardship

Marathon runners are some of the most amazing athletes in the world. They are steady, poised, reluctant, and persevering. They know the mechanics of breathing, have trained under extreme weather, and have learned how to mentally sidetrack pain.

Who likes training? And, who wakes up in the morning doing cartwheels because it’s time to take off the jammies, and run five miles. Well, there are individuals who are just wired that way, and they go to sleep restlessly waiting for the next moment to catch that next morning breeze.

Discipline is never easy, and when it seems like life has brought on its high hurdles - it could be enticing to sprint the other way. Contrary to popular wimpiness, discipline may seem useless for some, and tedious for others. But, he or she who is trained by it will eventually reap a harvest of fruitful rewards. God trains us through hardships so you, and I can finish our race strong.

Blessed Hardships!

Hebrews 12:7-12

7Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.

9Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! 10They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.

11No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. 12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.

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