January 18 Have you been feeling empty lately? Do you find yourself wanting, or gasping for air? Do you feel lost and confused? If any of these things describe the state that you are in, then you have left your first love. If you can identify with any of these things then you have abandoned what is true and chosen to take up that which is not. Revelation 2:4-5 “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen!
January 19 Subconsciously we all despise small beginnings to an extent. We often want to start something today and boom tomorrow it has succeeded. Zachariah 4:10 “Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin……” I do not know why but as humans we often find it difficult to see the beauty that is in beginnings. One major trait we all lack is patience when it comes to growth. The patience to WAIT while you work. Many times we have an idea, to build
January 20 I remember an instance as a junior in college when I found myself in a place of no hope. The semester had just begun and tuition was due. I had no way of funding for myself neither did I have access to any loans, and every time I would sign into my account I would see this $3000 fee staring me in the face. I had nowhere to turn but one thing I knew was that nothing could stop me from taking my classes that semester. I had
January 21 There are many things going on in your life right now that you do not understand. Along with that, there may be certain things that aren’t necessarily going the way you would like for them to go. To be honest there are many other things to occur in the future that you will not understand and that’s ok because you don’t have to understand everything that’s going on in your life right now. John 13:7 “Jesus replied, “You don’t understand now what I am doing, but someday you
January 22 Ecclesiastes 9:10 NIV “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead…… How many times a day do you put your responsibilities on hold? How often do you do you fulfill your tasks half-heartedly? We all get one chance at the life that God has given us on this earth, and we must live it well. Each and everyone ought to keep in mind that the gifts and talents and wisdom and strength and all the different abilities
January 23 Isaiah 40:29 NLT “He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.” There are many instances and many situations where the harder you try to mend something, the worse it becomes. It can be a relationship where you try to stay and do the right things only for the other person to get upset. It can be another at work where no matter how hard you try you’re labeled the bad person. Or even in a school where it seems, you can never get a break
