There is nothing passive about the word ‘PRESS.’ Press is action, commitment, and perseverance. Only when we press, we can meet our highest potential, ‘the mark for the prize.’ There are so many nuggets in Scripture to help us press towards our goals.
I can remember vividly the excitement of me first joining the family of God, a Christian! My energies were of 40 horsepower, happy to carry my Bible everywhere…
Give your Career Goals to the Lord and watch Him establish your steps.
When we focus on God rather than others, we can make real progress with our goals.
1 Corinthians 9:26 says, “I run straight to the goal with purpose in every step.” In the second half of this year our goals and our movements have to be purposeful. A lot of goals were set, but how many of them had a KINGDOM FOCUS?
Jacob, grandson of Abraham, son of Isaac and Rebecca, twin brother of Esau, husband of the sisters Rachel and Leah and father of the twelve sons who became the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel.
As I meditated on Biblical Examples of Persistence, Ruth left an indelible impression in my mind of a Persistent Pursuit of God. Her remarkable words in Ruth 1:16-17 are so … [Read more…]
Persistence calls for us to do what we must regardless of the obstacles and challenges. There is always a reward in pushing beyond the breaking point, where nothing makes sense.
Proverbs 24:16 says, “For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.” We are not promised that this life will be easy. In fact, we are told that we will face trials. Therefore, the true test of our character is how we respond when we go through hard times.
The desire for proof and truth is becoming more and more a conversation outside and inside the church. We believe the answers to these questions can be found in the Person of Jesus Christ, which is written in the Bible.