Be Patient for A Harvest of Abundance - Plant First

Obey and Harvest the Rewards!




Today's Scripture


"No discipline at the time is pleasant, but later on it's going to bring you a harvest of great things." (Hebrews 12:11)


Today's Word from Joel and Victoria


If you want to experience God's best, it's going to take some hard work. In order to live the abundant life God has planned, we must be willing to stop acting on how we feel, and instead act on promises found in the Word of God. It's not easy to love people when they're not being nice. It's not easy just to overlook an insult. It's not easy to keep a good attitude and be patient when things aren't going your way. Sometimes it hurts to keep the flesh under, and sometimes it's uncomfortable.


The seeds you sow today will bring a harvest in the future. When you focus on the blessings that come from doing what is right in the Lord's sight, you will find strength to obey His Word. The Bible tells us that Jesus "focused on the joy that was set before Him" so He could endure the cross. Jesus knew the suffering He endured on your behalf would bring Him the joy of having a personal relationship with you–and you were worth the price!


A Prayer for Today


God, I will be strong today for You! There will be many tests along my faith journey and I intend to face them with a cheerful resolve. Though some days will be hard, keep my eyes on the prize, Lord—a life in eternity with You! In Jesus' name, Amen.


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Be Patient for A Harvest of Abundance - Plant First

Obey and Harvest the Rewards!

Today's Scripture

"No discipline at the time is pleasant, but later on it's going to bring you a harvest of great things." (Hebrews 12:11)

Today's Word from Joel and Victoria

If you want to experience God's best, it's going to take some hard work. In order to live the abundant life God has planned, we must be willing to stop acting on how we feel, and instead act on promises found in the Word of God. It's not easy to love people when they're not being nice. It's not easy just to overlook an insult. It's not easy to keep a good attitude and be patient when things aren't going your way. Sometimes it hurts to keep the flesh under, and sometimes it's uncomfortable.

The seeds you sow today will bring a harvest in the future. When you focus on the blessings that come from doing what is right in the Lord's sight, you will find strength to obey His Word. The Bible tells us that Jesus "focused on the joy that was set before Him" so He could endure the cross. Jesus knew the suffering He endured on your behalf would bring Him the joy of having a personal relationship with you–and you were worth the price!

A Prayer for Today

God, I will be strong today for You! There will be many tests along my faith journey and I intend to face them with a cheerful resolve. Though some days will be hard, keep my eyes on the prize, Lord—a life in eternity with You! In Jesus' name, Amen.

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Counter Fear with Faith

When fear comes, counter it with an affirmation of faith.



Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1

Lord I am secure and deeply loved by you...

Lord, help me to nurture the part of me that longs to feel secure and deeply loved by You.

I find Joy in all my situations

A Daily Affirmation: I find joy in every situation...since the Joy of the
Lord is my strenght

There is no key to happiness—the door is always open.—Anonymous

To Act:

Remember that the act is more important than the recognition.
To Pray:

Lord, keep my arms wide open to life and make my heart merry.

Be Polite, Kind, Considerate

"'Where there is strife, there is confusion and every kind of evil.' (James 3:16)

Today's Word from Joel and Victoria

Strife is a powerfully destructive force that the enemy uses to try to bring confusion and turmoil into our lives. Marriages are torn apart, businesses are destroyed, and lifelong friends are divided by strife. Satan will make sure that you have plenty of opportunity each day to get upset with those whom you care about the most. Things often happen on a daily basis that can aggravate you and might make you want to be rude or angry toward your family and those around you.

Let us encourage you to make peace a priority in your life. Don't give the enemy a foothold. Make the choice to aggressively pursue peace. Refuse to argue. Refuse to be sarcastic or disrespectful. Decide that you are going to keep peace in your home and your life even if it means you have to swallow your pride. Sometimes you just have to release your 'right to be right.'

Jesus said, 'Blessed are the peacemakers.' It takes a mature person to apologize even when you are not in the wrong – to walk away even when you really want to argue. You can be that person. You can be the one to create an atmosphere of peace and harmony in your family.

If you will do your part and honor God by being a maker and maintainer of peace, God will honor you. He will fight your battles for you. He will pour out his blessings in your life and you will live the overcoming life of victory that He has in store just for you!

A Prayer for Today

I will make the choice to not be rude or impatient with my friends, family and co-workers today. These are the people I care about and I pray your blessings on them. Peace is my priority! In Jesus' name, Amen."

God is bigger than all your Problems

It doesn't matter what you have been through in the past. Your future can start today. Let hope fill your heart and receive God's mercy. Release all of your anger, guilt, and condemnation. Forgive those who have wronged you, stop carrying around the baggage of yesterday and make a fresh start today. When you do, God will give you a new beginning. Begin each day declaring, "with God all things are possible," "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me," and "everything I put my hand to today will prosper." These are not idle words or motivational sayings; it's the Word of God, His promises for your life.
Joel and Victoria Osteen

"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'" (Jeremiah 29:11)

Admiration, Hope, Love

A Time to Think:
If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined. -Johnny Carson

To Act:
Live with admiration, hope and love.
To Pray:
Lord, in good times and in hard times, let me look to You.

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Open Your Eyes to Opportunities

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. -Nikos Kazantzakis


Action for today: Open your heart and eyes to see that opportunities to help and serve are everywhere.

My Prayer: Lord, when I am in the mood for an argument, help me to find something nice to say instead.

Real Spirit of Christmas Every Day

To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. --Calvin Coolidge

To Act:
Remember that sometimes the smallest gesture can change the world.
To Pray:
Lord, let me never miss an opportunity to give.

Impossible Situations Create Miraculous Opportunities

My impossible situations Create miraculous opportunities to grow and have victory.

Reflect: We are all faced with magnificent opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.-Charles R. Swindoll

Act: Focus on your goals and chase away excuses.

Pray: Lord, help me to take the opportunities You give me and work with them, not against them.
From Daily Guideposts Mar 18,2006

Mark 11:22-24
22 So Jesus answered and said to them, €œHave faith in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, €˜Be removed and be cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

Our Deeds

A Time to Think:
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. -George Elliot
To Act:
Remember that faith will lead you through unsteady times. From Daily Guideposts

Your Affirmation: I am faithful through rough moments and see the solutions ahead.

How to Stop Worry...

Everyone faces the monster of worry everyday. How do you counter that monster?


Refuse to worry!

Today's Scripture

"Who of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?" (Matthew 6:27)

Today's Word from Joel and Victoria

Worrying gives the devil the opportunity to move, just like worship gives God the opportunity to move. Worrying means to play the enemy's lies in your mind, over and over again. God promises in Isaiah 26:3 that He will keep us in perfect peace when we keep our minds stayed on Him. So when the opportunity to worry comes, use it as a reminder to worship the Lord and thank Him for His good and precious promises! Cast all of your cares on the Lord, because He cares for you!

A Prayer for Today

God, I am weary from worrying. Please help me to stop the soundtrack of needless worry that plays over and over again in my head. I want to place my fears and concerns in Your hands and live in peace knowing that You will fulfill all of your precious promises to me. In Jesus' name - Amen.

Today's Word from Joel and Victoria

Hope and Faith

Positive Affirmations

When there is no hope there is no faith...faith is the substance of hope

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. - Samuel Johnson


Hebrews 11

1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Affirm your abilities to do good

Positive Affirmations

Every day, remind yourself of your own ability, of your good mind, and affirm that you can make something really good out of your life. -Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

Power Affirmations - Day 1

Positive Affirmations

Richard Wiseman, the head of a psychology research department at
the University of Hertfordshire in England, and author of the
book, "The Luck Factor," did in-depth studies with his colleagues
at the university's Perrott-Warrick Research Unit focusing on
what makes some people lucky and others not. After conducting
hundreds of experiments and thousands of interviews, he
discovered that lucky people think and behave in ways that create
good fortune in their lives. They are 1) particularly open to
possibility; and 2) they expect good fortune to come their way.

These 2 cornerstones are the basis of the following power
affirmations that maximize your mind's potential for bringing
God's favor into your life:

1. I am always in the right place at the right time.
2. I expect the best and I get it NOW!
3. I always get everything that is for my highest good.
4. Everything good is coming to me easily and effortlessly.
5. I am divinely guided in all I do.
6. I expect life to give me what is best for me.
7. I deserve the best and it comes to me NOW!
8. This is a rich universe and there is plenty for all of us.
9. I now eagerly await my greatest good.
10. I expect good fortune every moment of my life.
11. I am open to receive the abundant good that God has for me.
12. God is the source of all my good, I look only to Him for my supply.
13. I envision only that which is for my highest good.
14. My highest good is manifesting in my life right now.

15. God's wealth is circulating in my life. His wealth flows to me
in avalanches of abundance. All my needs, desires and goals are
met instantaneously because I am one with God, and God is
everything.

Note that many of the above affirmations call upon your "highest
good." That's because when you summon your highest good, amazing
things can happen.

The last in the above list is the word-for-word affirmation
Anthony Robbins personally used. He went from being in a state of
poverty, living in a tiny one-bedroom apartment (where he used to
wash dishes in the bath tub), being clinically obese and having
no girlfriend - to becoming a millionaire, achieving his ideal
weight and becoming physically fit, living in a real-life castle
(with turrets) by the ocean with his dream woman -- all within a
year's time.