“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.”
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
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One Small Goal at a Time Leads to Success
Hello! Hope you all are having a wonderful start to your 2014! I’m still getting used to writing 14 instead of 13 – it always takes me a little while to adjust. So, after further consideration of my list of goals for this coming year, I’ve come to the conclusion that some of them are quite lofty. In fact, I’ve already failed at several of them. Ha. But you know what? I’m okay with that. I realize that I am only human, and that I will never be perfect at everything. I will fail time and time again, and yet, I have learned to be okay with that. Because God teaches me just as much through the failures as he does through the successes. The successes are undoubtedly more fun, but the failures are most definitely necessary.
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Set Yourself Up for Success – Include God in Your Plans
“In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.”
-Proverbs 16:9
