Your time is valuable. Don’t waste it fighting battles that you’re not supposed to fight. Trust God to handle what you cannot so you can step into everything He has destined for you.
Be inspired by this message from Joel, "Blessed with Persecution". https://t.co/KpspxxmnN3
You can choose to see the positive or the negative. You can focus on what you lost or on what you have left. You can complain about what went wrong, or thank God for what’s gone right. Bad moments are inevitable, but bad days are optional. You get to choose how you respond.
Life will try to define you. People and circumstances will put labels on you and try to convince you to take on that identity: poor, average, undisciplined, angry, addicted, inferior, unattractive. If you don’t know better, those lies will take up all the valuable space in your mind. Clear out the negative and allow God to fill you with who He says you are.
Don’t focus on what others think. Instead, care about what God thinks, since He is in control of everything. Noah seemed foolish building an ark, a huge boat, before it had ever rained. But by obeying, he saved his life and that of those around him, and made it possible for God to do something new.
Time is short. We’re not going to be here forever. Don’t waste another minute fighting with the crows, arguing with the chickens, debating with the turkeys. Be an eagle. Start rising above that.
It is the little things that can keep us from big blessings: a little pride, a little compromise, a little jealousy. Put your old self down and put on the new you: the free you, the blessed you, the happy you, the victorious you.