To be a child at heart means to have love that seeks no gain, that is freely given and freely received. (1 Corinthians 13)
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Up Early
Up early in morning long before the sun. Win the morning and it becomes much easier to win the day. Front loading Bible reading, prayer, and then exercise has become my habitual way of preparing for today and tomorrow. It’s not something I have to decide to do each day, it has become as natural as breathing. Not so in the beginning. Stick to it though, and it will become that way in due time. (Mark 1:35-42)
Breathe
Spirituality is the breathing of the soul. Without breathing we suffocate and die. (Matthew 4:1-4; Ezekiel 37:1-10)
Only…
Only believe. No one can take a pre-workout supplement and then sit still. Likewise, faith leads to action. Faith is a spiritual pre-work substance. Mix with the Word of God for best results. (Mark 9:23-24; Hebrews 11:1, 6; Mark 5:36; Hebrews 10:23)
Born Analog
Oh yeah! I remember you had to go to the library or the bookstore to tap into vast treasure stores of knowledge. I remember my first computer with Internet access was a state-of-art Tandy by Radio Shack. It had a whopping 486 megabytes of RAM or something ridiculously small like that. Coffee machines probably have more RAM these days, but in those days the Internet was young. I remember being in a chat room on AOL writing how one day we would tell our children that we used to have to dial into the Internet, that it would sometimes take 35 minutes or more for a page to load, and that they wouldn’t believe us. (Ecclesiastes 3:1;Isaiah 53:1; Psalm 1; Psalm 23)
From One, Many
Love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, kindness, and consistency. (Galatians 5:19-23)
One
There is one who can speak to your condition whatever that may be. Seek and ye shall find. (John 1:1-18; Matthew 7:7-8; John 20:24-29)
Before Birds Start Singing
Give me the early morn. This is when the world is most quiet, and nearly everyone still sleeps. Much can be done before the cares of the day begin demanding time and attention. It really isn’t surprising at all that the most productive among us are early to bed and early to rise. (Mark 1:35)
Good Fruit
Iron sharpens iron. Eagles don’t wallow in the mud, and pigs don’t fly. (Proverbs 27:17; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Matthew 7:19-20)
There is Only One
I have been reading the Holy Bible everyday for 16 years now. This practice has completely changed everything about me for the better. By faith I was born again many years before I started feeding daily on the Word of God. My life didn’t start to change, however, until I started learning and practicing the Word. I have read the entire NIV, ESV, NASB, NLT, and KJV versions of the Bible. I have been blessed by them all, but the most blessed version of the Bible for me is the KJV. I have been reading it exclusively for the past 5 years or so. I plan to continue this practice for as long as I live. It is just as essential for my soul as air, food, and water are to my body.
Here is the key: Don’t go to the Bible to decide whether or not you should believe it. All who do so will find it locked and it’s transforming power out of reach. Go to the Bible to see what we are to believe. This is the knock that opens the Holy Book. (Matthew 4:1-4; 2 Peter 1:20-21; James 1:21;Romans 12:2; Matthew 7:7-8)
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