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Most people want to be successful at something! Unfortunately, whether it’s to be successful in their spiritual walk, with a diet or in a relationship, very few people really want to invest the time and effort it takes to get there and stay there! If it was all fun and games, everybody would jump in. God gives us some insight into this very thing in our spiritual walk. In Isaiah 28:10 it tells us that we learn “precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little” I’m one of those people that likes to get where I’m going in a hurry. No wasting time for me! You’d know that if you’ve ever been driving behind me flying down Main Street. But getting to where God wants us to be requires growing little by little. It’s kind of like climbing stairs. We may get winded along the way, but I figure that’s what the landings are for! We “land” there and catch our breath to ready ourselves for the rest of the climb. And here’s what else happens as we climb one step at a time. If we have…

”Love captures us in a moment and changes us forever”. The first time we understand and accept the love of God, our lives will be changed in a way that we will never forget. It takes our breath, overwhelms us with love for Him and sets our hearts on fire!

Have you ever been rolling along serving God, doing what you know to do and suddenly you find yourself distracted by the things of the world? Your walk with God seems to take a back seat. In Galatians 5 it says some pretty powerful words “You did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?” I wonder how many of us know that if the enemy can’t STOP us from serving God, He will DISTRACT us from the things of His kingdom. What kind of distractions? Anything that gets our mind off of God and onto the things of this world. We may be doing exactly what God wants and suddenly we get a call from someone asking us to get involved in another area. That’s a distraction. Or maybe you get caught up in someone else’s drama. Yes, another distraction. You may even be asked to do something that’s a good thing. But good things are not always God things. They may be just another way the enemy can slow you down. Here’s a thought: Satan’s assignment is to use distractions to keep us from reaching our destiny. Before the beginning of time, God…

Have you ever found yourself in a place where you can see the exit, you know it’s time to leave but you can’t make that first step? That’s why there are times when God shuts AND locks that door for the final time! For some of us, we’re left wondering what just happened and why did He made us leave! The answer is simple: We were in the wrong place and He had to get us OUT in order to take us IN…IN to the place we were meant to be!

In I Peter 5:8, the Scripture says to “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour”. Pay attention to what’s happening around you. I don’t know if you’ve noticed but this old world is pretty rough. And Satan is pretty sneaky! It is his goal every day to catch you off guard. He has an assignment to stir you up and bring frustration, confusion and turmoil. Then he wants you to join in with the rest of the world when it talks negative and sounds hopeless. Failing to pay attention to what Satan is doing is like walking around with your shoe laces untied. You don’t notice them until you get tripped up. In Psalm 139 it says: I said to myself, “I will watch what I do and not sin in what I say. I will hold my tongue when the ungodly are around me.” So today, when you go through the day, guard your heart and when you hear unkind words, move in an opposite spirit and speak kindness. If you see hate then counter it with love. When chaos hits, fight it with peace. Every…