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I am enjoying reading your posts on FaceBook about putting 2014 behind and having great expectations for 2015........
That's awesome.....but why is the turn of the page on a calendar so special?
EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE can be JANUARY 1 for you..... if you begin every day with a fresh outlook, new hope, stronger determination to do more, be better, work smarter, be more productive, happier, and healthier.....follow the ways of God more fully, listen to His leading more clearly, and do His works more effectively....EVERY SINGLE DAY!
Tonight people will celebrate....some in Times Square....some in restaurants and clubs....some in churches.....What are they celebrating?
They are celebrating HOPE! They lived to see another year.....One of my life's sayings is, "As long as there's life, there's HOPE!"
My acronym for HOPE is Having
Only
Positive
Expectations
EXPECT SOMETHING POSITIVE EVERY DAY....
Think about it....EVERY DAY IS THE DAY IN WHICH EVERYTHING COULD CHANGE!
- That job you've been wanting....you could get the offer.....
- That relationship you've been looking for...could come your way....
- That opportunity you need to get financially set....could be right in front of you....TODAY!
You might be thinking to yourself, "Nothing good ever happens for me. I've been praying and hoping and looking for an answer to this situation for a very long time. It's not going to happen."
HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE?
You don't know......what you don't know........
YOU DON'T KNOW IF
- That next phone call
- That next sales presentation
- That next connection.............................. will be the God-directed answer to your prayers....He DOES answer prayer.......but HE needs us to WALK by FAITH...not sit on our behinds and mope....
The majority of folks get all excited on December 31....but by January 10.....if their life hasn't completely turned around....if the job hasn't materialized, the finances and the jeans are still tight, and the relationship hasn't come around yet....they LOSE THEIR ENTHUSIASM......
Let's look at EVERY DAY AS NEW YEAR'S DAY....Let's not lose our enthusiasm, our drive, our determination, our joy!
How can that be done????? Life is so.......so.....daily!
How can you keep your expectancy and your enthusiasm throughout the entire year?
(This would be a great place for me to plug my mini-book, 21 Days to Seal Your Zeal.....but I shall refrain....)
1. Take time to talk to God every morning, and get wisdom from Him by reading the Bible. If you don't know where to start, I suggest going to the Book of Proverbs and reading one chapter a day...they are short.....but filled with basic "how to succeed" instructions.......All highly successful people have discovered the value of morning meditation and prayer.
2. Be still and listen. God speaks to us from the inside.....if we're not quiet, we won't hear Him lead and direct us to those Divine connections.....
3. Be thankful. If all you can be thankful for is that you are breathing this morning, then be thankful for that! Count your blessings....out loud....begin with breathing, then move on to being able to see, speak, walk, etc, etc, etc.....
4. Sing something....anything....but the blues!
5. Write a list of things you will do that day that will move you forward. It may be as simple as doing the laundry, paying a bill, making a phone call, filling out an application, going out to meet someone new, doing research......
6. Do the things you wrote on that list.....then cross them off....it is so gratifying and encouraging to cross things off a list!
7. What goes around comes around....or as the Bible says, "You reap what you sow"..... Do something good for someone else......then...Remind yourself of the good things you've done for others in the past....IT WILL COME BACK TO YOU.....but remember...the reaping is always after the sowing!
8. NOW EXPECT....LOOK FOR IT....like someone who is waiting for guests to arrive at a dinner party.....the house is ready, the dinner is ready.....but you keep looking out the front window for your guests to arrive.....keep looking out the windows of your life......for
ANSWERS, BLESSINGS, NEW CONNECTIONS, NEW DIRECTIONS THAT ARE COMING YOUR WAY!
Not just tomorrow because it's January 1, 2015 on the calendar.....but every day...because EVERY DAY IS NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE HOPE!
"This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls....." Hebrews 6:19
HAPPY NEW YEAR.....EVERY DAY!!!!!!!!
I'll blog ya next week...in the meantime....do something TODAY to fulfill your purpose!
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