Monday, July 20 – “I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly.” (Psalm 40:10) Are you an undercover follower of Jesus? Do some people in your life have no idea what you believe? Why is that? Are you a fair-weather Jesus fan? Claiming who you are, only at certain times, in certain circles? Why are you afraid?
Tuesday, July 21 – “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.” (Matthew 13:44) If you want to know who someone is, follow them around and watch what they do. For who you are is the fountain from which every action, every perspective and every decision in your life flows. You’ll always do, because of who you are. Thus, God’s very interested in helping you discover who you are.
Wednesday, July 22 – “But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.” (Matthew 25:18) If you want to know who someone is, follow them around and watch what they do. This man was afraid. Which in this case means that he was reluctant and unwilling to do anything with the one bag of money, because of his distaste for his master. How do we know? Because he buried the master’s money. At a much greater risk than simply depositing it into a savings account.
Thursday, July 23 – “But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’” (Exodus 3:11) Self-doubt is normal. What’ll you do with your self-doubt is the real question. Will you let self-doubt prevent you from being all that God has created you and gifted you to be? Will you let self-doubt prevent the world from experiencing a reality in which you’re a complete version of yourself? God’s inviting you to participate. Will you accept the invitation?
Friday, July 24 – “’Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?’ Nathanael asked.” (John 1:46) Once you move past self-doubt, then comes situational-doubt. Genealogy, race, socio-economic status, etc. will all creep in and whisper that nothing good has ever come from Nazareth. Which, by the way is where Jesus was from. You have many excuses for not being who you’ve been created and gifted to be. But they’re all excuses.
Saturday, July 25 – “But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.” (Jonah 1:3) Once you move past self-doubt and overcome situational-doubt, your challenge is then to master your spiritual fight or flight response. For it’s one thing to want to be someone and quite another to actually take steps, in order to be someone. Today, are you running toward who God has created you and gifted you to be or are you merely running away from God?
Tuesday, July 21 – “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.” (Matthew 13:44) If you want to know who someone is, follow them around and watch what they do. For who you are is the fountain from which every action, every perspective and every decision in your life flows. You’ll always do, because of who you are. Thus, God’s very interested in helping you discover who you are.
Wednesday, July 22 – “But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.” (Matthew 25:18) If you want to know who someone is, follow them around and watch what they do. This man was afraid. Which in this case means that he was reluctant and unwilling to do anything with the one bag of money, because of his distaste for his master. How do we know? Because he buried the master’s money. At a much greater risk than simply depositing it into a savings account.
Thursday, July 23 – “But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’” (Exodus 3:11) Self-doubt is normal. What’ll you do with your self-doubt is the real question. Will you let self-doubt prevent you from being all that God has created you and gifted you to be? Will you let self-doubt prevent the world from experiencing a reality in which you’re a complete version of yourself? God’s inviting you to participate. Will you accept the invitation?
Friday, July 24 – “’Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?’ Nathanael asked.” (John 1:46) Once you move past self-doubt, then comes situational-doubt. Genealogy, race, socio-economic status, etc. will all creep in and whisper that nothing good has ever come from Nazareth. Which, by the way is where Jesus was from. You have many excuses for not being who you’ve been created and gifted to be. But they’re all excuses.
Saturday, July 25 – “But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.” (Jonah 1:3) Once you move past self-doubt and overcome situational-doubt, your challenge is then to master your spiritual fight or flight response. For it’s one thing to want to be someone and quite another to actually take steps, in order to be someone. Today, are you running toward who God has created you and gifted you to be or are you merely running away from God?
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